Curtis v. Curtis

Katheryn Curtis (wife) appeals the trial court’s order denying her petition seeking an injunction for protection against domestic violence against Christopher Curtis (husband).1 Determining that the trial court erred in denying the petition without holding an evidentiary hearing, we reverse.

The wife filed a sworn petition seeking an injunction against the husband for protection against domestic violence. The petition contained the wife’s account of a violent physical altercation between the parties and a copy of the arrest report prepared by the police after taking the husband into custody in…