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Appeals court hears challenge to restraining-order extensions and evidence exclusions in family dispute
Summary
Appellant argued two restraining-order extensions were unsupported and that the trial court relied on a course-of-control statute before it took effect; the panel explored mootness after later stipulations and whether excluded police testimony and limited hearing time prejudiced the father.
The consolidated appeal in JN v. KB asked the panel to review two district-court extensions of a civil restraining order and whether the trial judge relied on factors or evidence that were not proper at the time.
Appellant counsel Jeffrey Pickering said the July 1 and September 4, 2024 orders were erroneous because the trial court considered “course of control” material that…
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