Two Gypsy families involved in a dispute over the location of fortune-telling businesses in the region withdrew their applications for civil protection orders Monday.

Members of the Mitchell family, whose businesses include Christina’s Palm & Tarot Card Reading in Niantic and Psychic, Tarot Cards and Palm Readings in New London, claimed members of the Stevenson family have been trying to extort $10,000 from them since Shaun Mitchell and his wife opened the New London shop four years ago.

The Stevensons, whose businesses include New Age Psychic in Old Saybrook and Psychic Readings by Victoria in Norwich, claim the Mitchells are trying to extort them for money.

Both families had sought relief through a court docket in which a judge grants protective orders to people who are unrelated by marriage or family and can prove they are being physically threatened and fear for their safety. They both withdrew their applications before a scheduled hearing Monday, and Judge Emmet L. Cosgrove dismissed the cases.

The Mitchells withdrew their complaints because they did not meet the statutory requirements for obtaining a civil protection order, according to their attorney, Sikandar Rana.

“These civil protection orders are not meant for settling commercial disputes,” Rana said.

Attorney Barry Ward said the Stevensons withdrew their claims based on the understanding that the Mitchells were withdrawing theirs.

The four men from each family who appeared in court left without speaking.

The dispute also has spilled over into criminal court, where Teddy Stevenson, 56, of Old Saybrook is accused of pulling a gun on Shaun Mitchell during an encounter on March 9 on Spring Street in New London. New London police charged Stevenson with second-degree breach of peace and second-degree threatening. Stevenson denies the allegation and has pleaded not guilty.