Originally Posted by
LexieCat 
The reason those orders are part of divorce preliminaries is that emotions run high --even during divorces that are basically uncontested. It's to give the court the power to make sure both parties behave decently and reasonably toward each other during the process. Personally, I think they are generally beneficial. They are things both parties should be doing anyway, for the most part.
Bingo.
Healthy people understand this. If I was on the receiving end of a TRO I might be confused for a moment, but I have the ability to see the reasoning and shrug it off.
Reminds me of a man a few weeks ago that requested his (suspected) alcoholic relative abstain from drinking while living in his home. The request was met with hostility. Normal people might think the request peculiar but wouldn't make an issue of it.