Nevarez v. Tonna
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Tonna and Nevarez were in a dating relationship for five years. They lived together from 2008 to 2010. Following their 2011 breakup, Tonna continued to try to persuade Nevarez to get back together with him, and went Nevarez’s workplace, a Safeway supermarket, almost daily. Nevarez sometimes responded to his communications and sometimes met with Tonna. Nevarez claims that at one point, Tonna pushed Nevarez against a wall and tried to take her clothes off; another time, he grabbed her arm. Tonna contacted Nevarez’s mother. Nevarez obtained a work transfer and changed her phone number before seeking a restraining order under the Domestic Violence Prevention Act, Fam. Code, 6200. The restraining order contained personal conduct orders and stay-away orders Tonna claimed that there was insufficient evidence that he committed “abuse” and insufficient evidence that Nevarez feared future abuse. The appeals court affirmed.
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