The Court of Appeals in Carome v. Carome, decided on October 21, 2021, expanded on previous rulings pertaining to legal standard for grant of Civil Protection Order. After altercation among parties which involved allegation of pushing and destruction of property on both sides, the trial court declined to grant Ms. Carome a civil protection order essentially citing lack of compelling or sufficient evidence.   Significantly, the trial court had focused his ruling on events that had occurred during an incident giving rise to the filing of the CPO. On appeal, Ms. Carome argued that the trial court had erred by failing
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