- It could have happened as alleged
- I find the applicant credible (but I won’t mention that a) I also find the respondent equally credible; or b) I can’t articulate a non-subjective or “better safe than sorry”-derived argument for why I find the petitioner more credible than the respondent)”
- Better safe than sorry
- Err on the side of caution
- I don’t want it on my conscience that I may have denied a real victim a protective order simply because the applicant cannot meet the burden of proof
- This is a high-conflict relationship . . .
- I don’t want to wait until someone ends up in the hospital or dead
- These two need to be separated
- The petitioner has made the allegations required to obtain a protective order
- I’m not bound by the ‘beyond a reasonable doubt’ standard
do not meet the burden of proof under the preponderance of evidence standard.
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