Polanco v. Cordeiro

I fully concur in this opinion but write to emphasize that this petition should never have been filed to begin with. The petition was filed because Mrs. Cordeiro claims she was “advised” to do so by “the police” when she called them to report her *238problems with Mr. Polanco. The record does not reflect the actual contents of this phone call, and we only have Mrs. Cordei-ro’s sworn petition in support of this allegation, but if true, this “advice” was clearly improper. Rather, the police should have told Mrs. Cordeiro that this was a civil dispute and that she should consult an attorney. Having…