Jane

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND2

The parties met in December 2016, when Morning responded to Jane’s advertisement listing a room for rent in her residence. Morning signed a six-month lease and moved into the room. Shortly thereafter, Morning and Jane became romantically involved. The dating relationship lasted about three months. According to Jane, Morning prematurely vacated the residence without notice, and despite later providing assurances that he would honor the lease, failed to do so. Jane ultimately filed a small claims lawsuit in May 2017 to recover from Morning the rent owed and the cost of items she alleged he had taken. In September 2017, after certain encounters with Morning (described in more detail below), Jane filed in family court a request for a domestic violence restraining order. The trial court held a trial on the restraining order request and, on February 6, 2018, granted Jane a one-year restraining order that would expire on February 6, 2019. On February 1, 2019, Jane filed a request to renew the restraining order prior to its expiration (renewal request). In support of her request, Jane stated that she feared future abuse due to a pending civil case she…