Johnson v. Johnson CA4/1

I.

INTRODUCTION

Lisa Brandolo Johnson appeals from a domestic violence restraining order (DVRO) issued against her under the Domestic Violence Prevention Act (DVPA) (Fam. Code,1 § 6200 et seq.) at the request of her ex-husband, Jeffrey

Johnson.2 Jeffrey sought a DVRO after Lisa found out information that he thought he had kept confidential regarding his location while he was on two different trips with his girlfriend and about other airplane tickets that he had purchased. Jeffrey was concerned that Lisa was keeping track of his whereabouts. He was also troubled by the fact that Lisa made telephone calls to the hotel in which he was staying on one of his trips and managed to convince the hotel to connect her to his room, and that she repeatedly questioned his travels and left negative messages for him and their daughter about his trips. Although Lisa’s briefing is not a model of clarity, we discern that she is challenging the sufficiency of the evidence to support the trial court’s factual finding that her conduct amounted to abuse under the relevant statutory standards. Lisa also appears to contend that the trial court prevented her from presenting evidence that would have…