People Ex Rel. Minteer v. Kozin

PRESIDING JUSTICE CERDA

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from an order of protection that petitioner, Gwena Minteer, obtained against respondent, Mark Kozin. On appeal, respondent asserts that (1) there was insufficient evidence to support the order of protection; (2) the trial court erred by considering evidence from a prior ex parte emergency hearing; and (3) the trial court erred by failing to articulate any specific findings, as required by statute. For the following reasons, we reverse.

On February 7, 1997, petitioner testified in an ex parte emergency hearing that…