Pilcher

I.

INTRODUCTION

Appellant Evan Pilcher appeals from an order of the trial court granting respondent Sheryl Pilcher’s1 request to renew a restraining order under the Domestic Violence Prevention Act (DVPA) (Fam. Code, § 6200 et seq.). Evan raises a number of specific challenges to the trial court’s order; all of his arguments stem from his principal contention that the trial court erred in granting Sheryl’s request to renew the restraining order because in renewing the restraining order, the court also improperly renewed an order limiting Evan’s visitation with the parties’ children. Our review of the record demonstrates that the trial court’s oral pronouncement of its order renewing the restraining order does not include a ruling regarding Pilcher’s custody and/or visitation rights. Rather, the record demonstrates that in the written documentation submitted by Sheryl requesting the renewal of the restraining order protecting her, which included the original restraining order, a form that had been attached to Sheryl’s original request for a restraining order—i.e., form DV-140 regarding child custody and visitation—remained attached to the original restraining order. The trial…