Keller v. Trull

¶1 In November 2005 Kim Keller, on behalf of her then fourteen-year old son Seth Knuth, petitioned the Twentieth Judicial District Court for a temporary order of protection (TOP) against another minor, Michael Trull. In the Petition, Keller asserted that Trull repeatedly assaulted and intimidated her son on the school grounds. The District Court issued the TOP on November 28 and subsequently, at Keller’s request, issued an order making the TOP permanent. Trull appeals. We reverse and remand.

ISSUE

¶2 The dispositive issue on appeal is whether the District Court abused its discretion by making…