M.S.

Filed 3/30/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

M.S.,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

A161921

v. A.S., (Mendocino County Super. Ct. No. SCTMCVDV202073987) Defendant and Appellant.

The trial court granted respondent M.S. a three-year domestic violence restraining order (DVRO) against appellant A.S. that included the parties’ three children as protected parties. A.S. does not challenge the propriety of the DVRO as it pertains to M.S., but contends the trial court abused its discretion by including the children in the DVRO. We conclude otherwise and affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The parties are married and have three sons born between 2005 and 2013. Shortly after the parties separated, M.S. sought a DVRO against A.S. for herself and her sons. She alleged in her DVRO petition that A.S. enlisted her friends and mother to talk her into reconciling with A.S., that he threatened to kill M.S.’s male friend and followed him to his home, and that he engaged their children to spy on her. As part of her DVRO petition, M.S. requested a child custody or…