Griffin v. Reichard

GEER, Judge.

Defendant Kenneth Eric Reichard appeals from a domestic violence protective order ("DVPO") entered 8 January 2014. On appeal, defendant argues that the trial court erred by ordering, in both an ex parte DVPO and the final DVPO, that he surrender his firearms without entering findings in accordance with N.C. Gen.Stat. § 50B-3.1(a) (2013). We agree and reverse that portion of the trial court's orders.

Facts

On 11 October 2013, plaintiff Tiffany Brooke Griffin filed a complaint and motion for a DVPO against defendant. Plaintiff's verified complaint alleged:

On Tuesday 10/8/2013 he gave…