Fagnon v. Ngaima

Citations

• 2025 ND 122

Syllabus

A district court may grant a disorderly conduct restraining order when a petitioner shows there are reasonable grounds to believe that the respondent has engaged in disorderly conduct. Disorderly conduct means intrusive or unwanted acts, words, or gestures that are intended to adversely affect the safety, security, or privacy of another person. A district court's findings of fact must be sufficient to enable an appellate court to understand the factual determinations made by the district court and the basis for its conclusions of law. The district court's findings are adequate if the appellate court can discern from them the factual basis for the district court's decision. There must be logical limits on the time and distance factors when a restraining order is at issue.