Schiffner v. Banks

*88WOLLHEIM, J.

Respondent Roger Banks appeals from the trial court’s issuance of stalking protective orders (SPOs) in favor of petitioners Aubrey Rogers and Jo Schiffner.1 We review de novo, Hanzo v. deParrie, 152 Or App 525, 537, 953 P2d 1130, rev den 328 Or 418 (1998), and conclude that petitioners failed to prove that they had experienced “alarm” as a result of contacts with respondent. ORS 163.738(2)(a)(B)(i). Accordingly we reverse.

Respondent and petitioners were coworkers. Tension between respondent and petitioners apparently began in 1998 when Schiffner chose Rogers rather than respondent…