A.A.
A.A. v. K.A. CA4/1
Opinion
Opinion
Do, J.
INTRODUCTION
A.A., through her guardian ad litem1 and maternal aunt, N.D. (GAL), appeals from an order denying her application for a domestic violence
1 Although not asserted by Father in his responding brief on appeal, we question whether N.D., in her role as guardian ad litem, may proceed in restraining order (DVRO) against her father, K.A. (Father). She asserts five claims of error, all which are either not cognizable on appeal or supported by the record. We therefore conclude A.A. has not met her burden of establishing any reversible error, and that the trial court did not abuse its discretion by denying her application for a DVRO. However, the trial court’s award of attorney fees to Father was unauthorized because GAL is not a party to the action. We shall affirm the trial court’s order denying the DVRO but vacate the award of the attorney fees.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
I. The Family Law Case This appeal⎯the third from this family law case⎯arises from a long,
contentious custody battle between L.R. (Mother)2 and Father in what is now
a seven-year-old dissolution case.3 Mother filed a petition for dissolution on
propria persona on appeal without violating…