Section 13.22 Objective Fear—Petitioner’s Fear of Harm Must Be Reasonable

• Library: Family Law Deskbook and 2014 Supp

ii. (§13.22) Objective Fear—Petitioner’s Fear of Harm Must Be Reasonable

The petitioner must also establish that the respondent’s actions reasonably caused the petitioner to have fear of physical harm. An appellate court found that a stranger who had followed a petitioner to various public places and “intently” stared at her, generally behaving suspiciously, was deemed to have caused her reasonable fear of physical harm. S.A. v. Miller, 248 S.W.3d 96, 100 (Mo. App. W.D. 2008). On the other hand, an...