Boldt v. Boldt

Petitioner (wife) successfully obtained a restraining order against respondent (husband) under the Family Abuse Prevention Act (FAPA), ORS 107.700 et seq. Respondent appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence to support the order. We review de novo, Strother and Strother, 130 Or App 624, 629, 883 P2d 249 (1994), rev den 320 Or 508 (1995), and reverse.

We recount only the facts essential to explain the basis for our decision. At the time in question, petitioner and respondent had been married for about three years. Prior to her immigration to this country from Russia, petitioner…