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Background and parts I, IV, and V of the Discussion. All undesignated statutory references are to the Family Code.

1 In the unpublished portion of our opinion, we reject Husband’s remaining challenges to the DVRO, we deny Wife’s request that we dismiss the appeal, and we deny the parties’ respective requests for sanctions. We therefore affirm.

BACKGROUND

I. DVRO Request and Orders

Wife filed a request for a DVRO on February 6, 2023, protecting herself and the couple’s child, Nyla, from Husband. She alleged a number of incidents of domestic abuse. Among them, Wife alleged that in October 2022, during an argument and in the presence of then two-year-old Nyla, Husband slapped Wife and punched her head and body, rendering her unconscious. She also described an incident a couple of weeks later, when Husband closed the car door on her legs as she was trying to take Nyla out of her car seat, and an incident on February 5, 2023 when Husband, who was no longer living in the couple’s home, tried to break into the house. An earlier alleged incident took place in 2020, when Wife was pregnant. Husband slapped her across the face so hard she was knocked out; when she regained…