April 05, 2012

• Steven Topazio wrote this April 27, 2014 at 3:38 pm

The Client, a 39 year-old, who was separated from her husband, contacted Criminal Defense Attorney Steven J. Topazio after being served with a temporary restraining order from her estranged husband. The restraining order alleged that the Client assaulted her husband in his place of employment, slapping him in the face because he wouldn’t sign her application for a green card. The husband claimed he didn’t want to engage in any illegal acts. The husband further alleged that he was threatened by his wife by claiming she said she would get an attorney who would give him trouble. Attorney Topazio entered his appearance and continued the hearing on the permanent order so as to prepare his defense. Attorney Topazio obtained his client’s employment records which showed that she was working on the day of the alleged incident. Attorney Topazio further obtained a copy of his client’s valid “green card” or United States of America Permanent Resident card so as to challenge the husband’s credibility at time of the court hearing. Attorney Topazio further discovered that his Client called the police on her husband after he left her for another woman, several months prior to this incident. Attorney Topazio obtained that police report which indicated that the husband threatened his wife with physical harm and told her to leave the country and to move back to Mexico when she asked for a divorce. Today, after a full hearing, Attorney Topazio convinced the court to vacate the temporary restraining order against his Client arguing that the husband had fabricated the claims against his Client so as to get leverage in the pending divorce.