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I successfully defended a Domestic Violence Restraining Order renewal
| chilmata | 05/14/25 |
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Date: May 14th, 2025 3:56 AM Author: chilmata Extremely rare to win one of these. First of my career. They are usually just rubber stamped.
I prepared an hour before the hearing, got a little fired up, tested my argument on my paralegal, she patronized me (she’s 180).
Set low expectations, client didn’t give a fuck if he lost, totally expected it.
In California, the judge has three options when presented with a DVRO renewal request: deny it, 5 years, or lifetime.
Visiting judge. Never heard of her. Old white lady. No one else has heard of her. I was guaranteed to lose with the regular judge so I rolled the dice.
But we first made a good faith offer of five years. That was the 98% chance anyway. Why risk a lifetime one with a 2% chance of success?
She rejected the offer. She wanted lifetime RO. Opposing counsel was cool, tried to sell our offer but mom was a bitch. And she left the courthouse with NADA (that’s Spanish for “nothing” (they are Mexican and needed interpreters)).
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