Mealey's (November 4, 2022, 9:25 AM EDT) -- FRESNO, Calif. — A California appellate court reversed and vacated a lower court order issuing elder abuse restraining orders (EAROs) requested by an octogenarian woman’s son against his sister-in-law and niece, finding that the lower court erred in failing to grant the continuance to obtain legal counsel as requested by the sister-in-law and niece and that the firearms and ammunition restrictions should not have been included in the restraining orders when only financial abuse was found....