Chapter 209a News Today

Where a Chapter 209A abuse prevention order was extended for one year, the extension order should be upheld despite the defendant’s contention that the judge erred by (1) applying the wrong legal standard, (2) attributing nonthreatening vandalism to the defendant, and (3) issuing an order based upon past abuse that was too remote in time.

Where a judge issued and extended a G.L.c. 209A order requiring a defendant to stay away from the plaintiff, her former roommate, the order and its extension must be vacated because the plaintiff did not prove that the defendant’s actions or statements placed him in reasonable fear of imminent serious physical harm. “The parties are

Where a plaintiff who obtained an ex parte emergency abuse prevention and custody order sought an extension of that order, her request for child support should have been considered. Accordingly, so much of the extension order that declined to consider child support is vacated. “When her husband, Matt M., threatened her life, Quilla Q. sought