Morales v. Miller CA2/5
This case centers on long-running disputes between two neighboring families. Karen Morales (Karen) and her husband Ted Morales (Ted) have lived next to Steven Miller (Steven) and his wife Debbie Miller (Debbie) for approximately nineteen years. Though their relationship began cordially, it deteriorated quickly and never recovered. In December 2015, Karen sought a civil harassment restraining order against Steven, seeking protection for herself, Ted, and her sister, Janice Pearce (Pearce). After more than a year of proceedings and more than thirty hearings, the trial court granted Karen and Pearce a restraining order protecting them from Steven and awarded Karen attorney fees. Steven appeals, and we are asked to decide whether he has affirmatively shown the trial court prejudicially erred on the record presented—which is missing at least one day’s worth of testimony and is devoid of any of the exhibits presented to the trial court. We also decide whether the trial court’s aw
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