Rybolt v. Riley CA3
Respondent Courtney E. Rybolt obtained a domestic violence restraining order against appellant James E. Riley IV with whom she shares a minor child. Rybolt later filed a request to renew the order. Following a contested trial in which both Rybolt and Riley testified, the court renewed the restraining order for five years. The court also modified a parenting plan to prohibit Riley from attending their son’s extracurricular activities during Rybolt’s parenting time, after finding that Riley used the time as a pretext to harass and manipulate Rybolt in violation of the restraining order.
On appeal, Riley contends that: (1) insufficient evidence shows Rybolt had a reasonable apprehension of future abuse, which was required before the court could renew the restraining order; (2) the court failed to properly consider that circumstances had changed since the initial restraining order was entered; (3) the court erroneously modified the parenting plan without considering the best in
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