Sublett v. Garcia CA1/4
Melanie Garcia appeals a domestic violence restraining order (DVRO) entered after an evidentiary hearing in September 2016. The DVRO, which was of two years’ duration, required Garcia not to contact her ex-girlfriend Lauren Sublett and to move out of Sublett’s apartment. Sublett had previously secured a temporary DVRO based on a declaration alleging extensive physical and verbal abuse. At the hearing, she relied mainly on that declaration. Neither party requested a statement of decision or of reasons, and the court modified and signed a Judicial Council form DVRO submitted by Sublett.
Garcia argues that no substantial evidence supports the court’s implied finding that she had engaged in abuse as defined by the Domestic Violence Prevention Act (DVPA) (§ 6200 et seq.). While acknowledging that this court cannot reweigh the evidence, Garcia nonetheless devotes most of her brief to challenging the credibility of Sublett’s evidence.
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