General Hospital actress Kirsten Storms' ex-husband Brandon Barash has obtained a restraining order against her after voicing concerns about her mental health. Storms, 42, was wed to Barash, 46, from 2013 until 2016 and shares daughter Harper Rose, 12, with him.
Following their split, both parties moved to Tennessee, where Barash said that 'a recurring theme' with Storms has been 'instability with housing,' endangering their daughter, according to a court filing reviewed by TMZ. Barash told the court he has concerns about Storms' 'ability to adequately care for the minor child' with a judge approving the request after Barash claimed Storms was dealing with a 'mental health crisis.'
The Orlando, Florida-born actress has also been sued by her landlord for eviction over past due balances, Barash added. The Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for both parties for further comment on the story and has yet to hear back.
Housing Instability and Paranoia
Barash said in his court filing that Storms did not have a stable residence from a timespan between September 2024 until June of 2025. Storms, who previously appeared on Days of Our Lives from 1999-2004, was often spending the night with friends or at hotels, her ex-husband said in his court filing. When she would stay at hotels with their daughter, Barash said, she often changed rooms out of paranoia someone was 'following her and the child to her room.'
Barash, also an alum of soaps such as General Hospital and Days of Our Lives, said in his court filing that Storms' vehicle is on the verge of being repossessed. Storms has also yet to pay Barash back a personal $5,000 loan, the actor said in his court filing. She has been steadily-employed as an actress for decades, Barash told the court.
Mental Health Crisis
Storms has appeared on more than 1,700 episodes of General Hospital since 2005, according to iMDb. The actress told Barash she felt she had been 'experiencing delusions and hallucinations' amid a mental health crisis on May 19, 2025, per his court filing. Barash told the court Storms advised him that she 'didn't think she should have the child for her parenting time' as she dealt with the setback.
Storms was subsequently put on a psychiatric hold at a mental health facility, a process which Barash said he and his current spouse assisted with. Upon her release, Storms did not acknowledge the events that led to her being hospitalized, Barash said in his filing.
In a November 2025 incident, Barash told the court, Storms said she thought people had been stealing things from her apartment and putting them in her vehicle in an effort to 'mess with her.' Storms has experienced 'repeated episodes of melting down, being triggered' and 'hearing things/voices that weren't there,' Barash told the court, adding that associates of Storms have pointed to potential abuse of substances such as Adderall.
Legal Proceedings
Barash has requested Storms - who's currently granted supervised visitation with their daughter - be evaluated for her mental health. The judge in the case is slated to reexamine the restraining order later this week.
