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Alison Altenberg has filed for a restraining order against her husband, Joaquin Elias Altenberg. USA Herald has been closely following the case in which the couple and Mrs. Altenberg's father, Leonard Weisman, were accused of fraud and sued in court. 

Alison filed for divorce on June 3rd, 2022, and Joaquin was served with the original petition for divorce not long afterward. Joaquin lives in Puerto Rico but is in Houston sporadically, where Alison and their children, who are the subject of this suit, live. According to Mrs. Altenberg, her request to the court was made "in the best interest of the children to protect them from actual and threatened mistreatment and/or abuse to protect their physical health and/or emotional development." 

On June 19th, Mr. Altenberg requested to pick up their children for a visit for Father's Day. He then allegedly refused to return the children to their mother. Mrs. Joaquin, in turn, believed that Mr. Joaquin might try to leave with the children to Puerto Rico, as that is where he resides.

Based on Mrs. Joaquin's affidavit, she requested an emergency hearing to address the safety and welfare of the children. In the restraining order, Mrs. Joaquin requested that the court immediately:  

• Issue an order allowing the children to remain in the sole possession of their mother until a hearing can be held on the matter. 
• Issue an order excluding Mr. Altenberg from possession of or access to the children until a hearing can be held. 

Furthermore, Mrs. Altenberg requested the court to dispense with the necessity of a bond, and also requested that Mr. Altenberg be temporarily restrained immediately, without hearing, and after notice and hearing be temporarily enjoined, pending further order of the court from:

• Intentionally communicating with Mrs. Altenberg in person or in any other manner, including by telephone or another electronic voice transmission, video chat, in writing, or electronic messaging, by use of vulgar, profane, obscene, or indecent language or in a course or offensive manner, with intent to annoy or alarm Mrs. Altenberg. 
• Threatening Mrs. Altenberg in person or in any other manner, including by telephone or another electronic voice transmission, video chat, in writing, or electronic messing, to take unlawful action against any person, intending by this action to annoy or alarm Mrs. Altenberg. 
• Placing a telephone call anonymously, at any unreasonable hour, in an offensive and repetitious manner, or without a legitimate purpose of communication with the intent to annoy or alarm Mrs. Altenberg. 
• Intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly causing bodily injury to Mrs. Altenberg or to a child of either party. 
• Threatening Mrs. Alterberg or a child of either party with imminent bodily injury. 

*Many more requests were made, but they are far too extensive to list for the purposes of this article.

It was also necessary for Mrs. Altenberg to secure the services of Rachel Sedita, a licensed attorney, and the law firm of Diggs & Sadler, to preserve and protect the children's rights. It is further requested that Mr. Altenberg be ordered to pay reasonable attorney's fees, expenses, and costs through trial and appeal. This case remains unresolved as of this time, and USA Herald will continue following this story as it develops.