DEFEAT the DVRO · Free first class

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The whole point

You CAN represent yourself and win.

You just need the right tools. That is what this course is.

Inside the free first class

What you get in the next 19 minutes.

No credit card. No spam. Just the class, straight from me.

What actually happens in the courtroom.

The order of events. When you talk. When they talk. How the judge decides. You need to walk in knowing this.

How the judge decides who wins.

It is not “who is telling the truth.” It is something more specific. Once you know what they are weighing, you can hit it.

How to ask for more time, and what to bring.

A respondent can ask for one continuance as of right, and the temporary order stays in place while you wait. You also learn what to print and bring, how to reread the other side’s papers, and get a first look at the objections you will use. The full objections training is in the paid course.

Runtime: about 19 minutes. Watch it tonight, before your ex's side gets any more of a head start.

The paper feels final. It is not.

The restraining order you got served is the TEMPORARY one. A judge granted it in minutes based on one side of the story: theirs. You never got to speak.

There is a hearing coming, usually within three weeks. That is the moment that decides whether this becomes permanent. That is the moment you get to tell your side, and test theirs. The exaggerations. The gaps. The things they wrote on the paperwork that never got questioned.

You can walk into that room without a lawyer and win. Respondents do it every week. But you have to know what to do.

Respondents who won

People who walked in prepared. And won.

Not paid actors. Not staged wins. Real respondents who used my strategy in real hearings.

Featured story

"Participating in her course Defeat the DVRO has given me a real, easy to understand strategy that allowed me to look at all the infuriating and annoying legal paperwork in front of me and shift completely, moving away from feeling powerless to being powerful. By applying Veronica's step by step guide, I was able to have the Judge and the Court of Law put my abuser in their place. Priceless!!!"

Rebecca · Falsely accused. Went from powerless to powerful. · Google review

More wins

"Saved me approximately $15,000 I was quoted when I was shopping around. Thank you Veronica!"

C. · Went to the hearing without an attorney.

"I took your class on the defeat the TRO and won my case today. I used the proper objections. I got that thrown out on hearsay, along with the letter. So you totally saved me as a flood adjuster, I would have lost my clearance had I lost this hearing."

Amy Meredith · Walked in without a lawyer. Won her case. Kept her security clearance.

Meet the attorney behind this course

Veronica T. Barton, Esq.

California DV Defense Attorney · 13+ years

I have caught alleged victims in lies. I have watched the system swing so far that people lose their home, their kids, their pets, their job , all based on someone else's word alone. It is just not fair, and I am not okay with it. That is why I built this course.

13+

years defending respondents

6,000+

respondents helped

1,300+

free YouTube videos

80+

Google reviews

Super Lawyers Rising Star '23 · '24 · '25 · '26 · '27 • National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 • Avvo Top Attorney (10.0) • Featured on CBS · ABC · NBC · FOX • J.D. cum laude, Loyola Chicago

The course, in one line

Everything you need. On a silver platter.

You can keep watching YouTube hoping to find the answers. You will pick up tips. Yes.

But when you're learning something new, you don't know what you don't know.

In this course, I give you everything you need to defend a domestic violence restraining order (DVRO). The templates. The scripts. The strategy. Start to finish.

What is in the course

DEFEAT the DVRO is a self-paced video course for people who were served with a domestic violence restraining order (DVRO) and plan to represent themselves at the hearing. It was made by Veronica T. Barton, a California domestic violence defense attorney. You get 25 short lessons in 6 steps, about 2 hours of video in all, plus a fill-in Respondent Workbook.

Step 1: Understand what the judge is looking for. 6 lessons, including how to read a restraining order, what not to do outside of court, and whether to file a written response.
Step 2: Expose the petitioner's lies. 5 lessons on cross-examination, with four types of questions you can use.
Step 3: Prepare to tell the judge your story. 3 lessons on preparing your testimony, presenting it, and handling cross-examination.
Step 4: Prepare your evidence. 5 lessons on exhibits, including documents, text messages, and video and audio.
Step 5: Exactly how to object to the petitioner's evidence and testimony. 4 lessons covering an objections overview, hearsay, foundation, and relevance.
Step 6: Prepare a persuasive closing argument. 2 lessons, including what to say about child custody.

Also included: cross-examination scripts, an objections framework, a closing argument template, the Day of Court Checklist, and the Court Cheat Sheet.

Who it is for

It is built for the respondent: the person named in a temporary domestic violence restraining order who has a hearing coming and wants to prepare their own defense. It is not for the person who filed the order, and it teaches you to do the work yourself rather than providing an attorney to appear for you.

What it costs

The first class is free: 19 minutes, no credit card. The full course is $596 once, or 4 payments of $149 with Klarna. It includes lifetime access and a 48-hour money-back guarantee.

This course is educational and is not legal advice. Taking it does not create an attorney-client relationship.

For now, just take the free first class. It's a real taste of what's inside. If it lands, come back for the whole course. If it doesn't, no harm.

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A note from me

You can do this. Let me show you how.

You just got served. Right now you are scared, you are angry, and you are trying to figure out what this does to your home, your job, your reputation, and your future. I know.

I have watched hundreds of respondents sit at the same table you are sitting at right now. Most of them thought they were going to lose. Most of them were wrong. The system has swung so far in the petitioner's direction that a good defense feels impossible from the outside. It is not.

This is not as complicated as it feels right now. You do not have to know the law. You need a plan, and you need someone who has helped 6,000+ respondents to walk you through it in plain English. That is what the free first class is. It is the same first lesson I would sit down and give you if you walked into my office today.

Watch it tonight. Then decide what to do next. You can win this.

Veronica T. Barton, Esq. · California DV Defense Attorney · 13+ Years

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