What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Wisconsin
Seems like a common topic here, sad to say. I will try to summarize and keep this short. Feb 2014 I was arrested (Disorderly conduct with DVO enhancer) due to false accusations by my wife. I was under a no contact order for 23 months until I got the charges dismissed in Jan 2016. No violations, no loss of deferred prosecution agreement, no issues for 23 months. The day before my final hearing, the ex had her local PD (of which she has family on) turn in a referral to the DA's office in my county in order to try to negate my deferred prosecution agreement. This was not considered, and my rescheduled hearing ended with a dismissal.
Two weeks later, Feb 2016, she files for and gets a TRO and injunction hearing in HER county (Oconto), using the same referral/police report that failed in my county. That too was dismissed and it was determined that I did nothing harassing in nature. The court did impose a requirement for us to communicate via Our Family Wizard, which has been a wonderful tool.
Now I just got served again for 'having too many messages on Our Family Wizard". Yup, being brought in for harassment - for doing nothing but following court orders.
What this comes down to is my ex doing anything she can to try to get custody back, try to get a change in physical placement, and with the end-goal of trying to stop having to pay me child support. Yes, you read that right, I got sole legal custody of my son while I was under and active deferred prosecution agreement on the DC-DVO charge. It really was that messed up that I was even charged, but that story is over.
I am looking for a way to put a stop to my ex-wife opening these frivolous TRO/injunction hearings, and looking for advice on how to do so. The only thing I can come up with is to open a domestic abuse injunction hearing on her, as I have past threats documented both from email, as well as her Facebook posts, as well as her own families testimony of her death threats against me - all documented in police reports. These were in 2014 and 2015, but I feel that her current behavior goes to show how she is not going to stop, and leads me to believe that she has the capability to turn this physical after these legal attempts fail. She lives in a very small town, and the County courts allow all TRO requests to be opened, and do not deny any. This is directly from the chief of police up there. So, I am hopeful that if I get an injunction, that this will put an end to it, and I would even request (if I legally can), that she is barred from opening any more suits in her County, where she takes advantage of the lack of proof needed to open such hearings.
To make this 'small town' point, the family court commissioner that heard and dismissed the first TRO/Inj hearing, was the same person that married us 9 years ago. Oh, and he married us IN HIS house - that is how small the city is, and how close her family ties are to the courts. He was fair in the first hearing, and I expect the same here and to have another dismissal, but I am open to any and all advice on how to put a stop to her behavior, far more harassing than anything she claims that I have done.
Thanks in advance.
Seems like a common topic here, sad to say. I will try to summarize and keep this short. Feb 2014 I was arrested (Disorderly conduct with DVO enhancer) due to false accusations by my wife. I was under a no contact order for 23 months until I got the charges dismissed in Jan 2016. No violations, no loss of deferred prosecution agreement, no issues for 23 months. The day before my final hearing, the ex had her local PD (of which she has family on) turn in a referral to the DA's office in my county in order to try to negate my deferred prosecution agreement. This was not considered, and my rescheduled hearing ended with a dismissal.
Two weeks later, Feb 2016, she files for and gets a TRO and injunction hearing in HER county (Oconto), using the same referral/police report that failed in my county. That too was dismissed and it was determined that I did nothing harassing in nature. The court did impose a requirement for us to communicate via Our Family Wizard, which has been a wonderful tool.
Now I just got served again for 'having too many messages on Our Family Wizard". Yup, being brought in for harassment - for doing nothing but following court orders.
What this comes down to is my ex doing anything she can to try to get custody back, try to get a change in physical placement, and with the end-goal of trying to stop having to pay me child support. Yes, you read that right, I got sole legal custody of my son while I was under and active deferred prosecution agreement on the DC-DVO charge. It really was that messed up that I was even charged, but that story is over.
I am looking for a way to put a stop to my ex-wife opening these frivolous TRO/injunction hearings, and looking for advice on how to do so. The only thing I can come up with is to open a domestic abuse injunction hearing on her, as I have past threats documented both from email, as well as her Facebook posts, as well as her own families testimony of her death threats against me - all documented in police reports. These were in 2014 and 2015, but I feel that her current behavior goes to show how she is not going to stop, and leads me to believe that she has the capability to turn this physical after these legal attempts fail. She lives in a very small town, and the County courts allow all TRO requests to be opened, and do not deny any. This is directly from the chief of police up there. So, I am hopeful that if I get an injunction, that this will put an end to it, and I would even request (if I legally can), that she is barred from opening any more suits in her County, where she takes advantage of the lack of proof needed to open such hearings.
To make this 'small town' point, the family court commissioner that heard and dismissed the first TRO/Inj hearing, was the same person that married us 9 years ago. Oh, and he married us IN HIS house - that is how small the city is, and how close her family ties are to the courts. He was fair in the first hearing, and I expect the same here and to have another dismissal, but I am open to any and all advice on how to put a stop to her behavior, far more harassing than anything she claims that I have done.
Thanks in advance.
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