Slaves. Secession, the Civil War, and the End of Slavery. When the Georgia Trustees first envisioned their colonial experiment in the early 1730s, they banned slavery in order to avoid the slave-based plantation economy that had developed in other colonies in the American South.
If the restraining order is part of the criminal case, and is being heard in conjunction with that case, the public defender can represent her on that. If the restraining order is civil in nature, which would likely be indicated by that hearing being heard in a separate courthouse, then the public defender would not be available to her.
But people will assume you are some sort of troublemaker once they hear someone took out a restraining order against you. It's human nature! Once someone has a restraining order against you, you will have a chance to be heard by the judge, but often this won't happen for weeks after you are given notice of the judges order. Until the judge hears both sides of the issue and makes a ruling for a longer term order, however, your rights will be effected, even if you didn't do anything wrong or it is a misunderstanding.