Tesema v. Belete

Respondent appeals the trial court’s entry of a stalking protective order (SPO) pursuant to ORS 30.866. Assigning error to the court’s entry of the SPO, respondent argues that the evidence was legally insufficient. We disagree with respondent and, accordingly, affirm.

Respondent requests that we review the facts de novo. See ORS 19.415(3) (stating the Court of Appeals has discretion to review de novo in equitable actions). We exercise that de novo review sparingly and only in exceptional cases. ORAP 5.40(8)(c). This is not an exceptional case. Thus, we review the trial court’s factual findings…