Rew ex rel. T.C.B. v. Bergstrom

OPINION

STRAS, Justice.

At issue in this case is the legality of a district court’s extension for up to 50 years of an order for protection (“OFP”) in favor of a victim of domestic abuse and her minor children. Over the objections of appellant James Allen Bergstrom, the district court granted an extension of an existing OFP to respondent Vanessa Yolanda Rew, Bergstrom’s ex-wife, prohibiting contact between Bergstrom and Rew or their minor children. Bergstrom raises a variety of statutory and constitutional challenges to the OFP. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand to the district…