Sherrine Lynn O'Brien v. Chris Allen Berry

Stroud, Oklahoma, family law lawyers represented the Plaintiff and the Defendant in a protective order matter.



O'Brien and Berry had been living together for approximately fourteen months in what the district court described as a "domestic intimate relationship." On the morning of July 20, 2014, the parties were involved in a physical altercation, one of several during the time the parties were together. O'Brien left Berry's home after the altercation and stayed in lodging provided by the House of Hope. She moved out of Berry's home the following day.



O'Brien and Berry had been living together for approximately fourteen months in what the district court described as a "domestic intimate relationship." On the morning of July 20, 2014, the parties were involved in a physical altercation, one of several during the time the parties were together. O'Brien left Berry's home after the altercation and stayed in lodging provided by the House of Hope. She moved out of Berry's home the following day.



Orders issued pursuant to proceedings invoking the Protection from Domestic Abuse Act are reviewed for an abuse of discretion. Curry v. Streater, 2009 OK 5, 213 P.3d 550.



Under an abuse of discretion standard, the appellate court examines the evidence in the record and reverses only if the trial court's decision is clearly against the evidence or is contrary to a governing principle of law. State ex rel. Tal v. Oklahoma City, 2002 OK 97, ¶ 3, 61 P.3d 234, 240. To reverse under an abuse of discretion standard, an appellate court must find the trial court's conclusions and judgment were clearly erroneous, against reason and evidence. Oklahoma Tpk. Auth. v. Little, 1993 OK 116, ¶ 6, 860 P.2d 226, 228.



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Affirmed