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Frivolous restraining order - Can I successfully fight this?

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vervalsing

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I'm an 18 year old female living in California.

Last Thursday, a friend and I decided we would no longer continue our friendship because of the fact that she had a romantic interest in me, and I did not have those feelings back. It was awkward, obviously, but I thought that there was no malice between us and that the story would end there.

However just a couple hours ago I got an e-mail informing me that she was filing for a domestic violence restraining order against me, and the hearing is set for this Friday. I have never hit anyone in my life, I've never acted violent toward her in any way, and I haven't even been in contact at all with her since last Thursday.

It would be a huge problem for me if she gets the restraining order due to the fact that we have an English class together (in college), and it's now halfway through the semester. I would have to drop the class, and not only would my transcript suffer, I would lose the student discount for my car insurance policy.

She has no evidence whatsoever (unless she decides to make some up). I realize that this would all just be speculation, but does this have a good chance of getting thrown out?
 



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