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Originally Posted by 5Whiskey
...she basically admitted that she went to a non-profit domestic violence advocate and was coached on what to say to have a protection order.
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I've seen this too.
The answer comes in response to a question from the judge, "What made you think you should file this?" and the petitioner answers along the lines of "I went to Poverty Advocates "r" Us and they said if I want an order I should say X, Y and Z."
It's disheartening. There's a courtroom of people dealing honestly and playing their roles. The petitioner doesn't intend to abuse the process, but presented his problem to some social service organization, who now isn't in the courtroom, but got the petitioner out of their offices by offering him the wrong solution.