Jones v. Henricks CA2/2

Filed 12/16/21 Jones v. Henricks CA2/2 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION TWO

ASHLEY AUBRA JONES, B305370

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. v. 19STRO06075)

JOEL MARVIN HENRICKS,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Anne K. Richardson, Judge. Affirmed.

Mark McBride for Defendant and Appellant.

Ashley Jones, in pro. per., for Plaintiff and Respondent. ******

At the request of Ashley Jones (wife), the trial court issued a three-year restraining order against Joel Henricks (husband). Husband contends that the order is unsupported by the evidence. Ample evidence supports the order, so we affirm. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND I. Facts Husband and wife married in January 2016. Later that year, they had a son, Hayden. Husband has a son, Huck, from a prior marriage. Between January 2016 and August 17, 2019, husband and wife had a tumultuous marriage. During this period, husband would call wife a “whore,” a “slut,” and a “skank.” On two occasions, this verbal abuse escalated to physical assault. In December 2016, husband twisted wife’s hand to take away her cell phone, which she was using to record their verbal altercation. Nine months later, in September 2017, husband again twisted wife’s hand to take away the cell phone she was using to record a verbal altercation; this time, however, husband used such force that he broke wife’s hand in three places, which necessitated surgery. On both occasions, at least one child was present. Husband also engaged in conduct designed to “control” wife: He secretly placed a microphone in their bedroom; he secretly put an after-market tracking device on her car; and he repeatedly told wife that he was watching her, knew where she was, and “had files on [her].” Husband also told wife that he viewed their son Hayden as his “insurance policy” and warned that, if wife ever left him, he would make up “false allegations” about her. Wife left husband five times during this period, but always returned with the hope of being able to work things out. On August 17, 2019, however, wife left husband for good. The night