Carpenter v. Schlomann

OPINION

LAMBERT, Senior Judge:

Aimee Loraine Carpenter appeals from the Shelby Circuit Court Order of Protection entered on December 17, 2009, on behalf of Andrew John Schlomann. As we hold that the trial court erred when it failed to conduct a full evidentiary hearing and relied upon extrajudicial evidence, we reverse and remand.

Carpenter and Schlomann are married and have two children. 2 The parties separated sometime around November 14, 2009, and on November 16, 2009, Schlo-mann filed a petition with the Shelby County Family Court seeking an Emergency Protective Order (“EPO”) against…