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.
If the protected person does not go to the hearing, the temporary restraining order will usually end that day and there will not be a restraining order. If the restrained person does not go to the hearing, he or she will have no input in the case and his or her side of the story will not be taken into account.