Buntion v. Lumpkin

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “allowing mutuality in restraining orders would chill the abuse prevention system established by [ ] placing the victim in fear of the consequences of strict (or lax) enforcement of prior orders”
• obtaining abuse prevention order \requires proof of some act that places the complainant in reasonable apprehension that force may be used\; fear of arrest due to plaintiff's selective enforcement of abuse prevention order insufficient
• probate judge noted plaintiffs repeated contacts with defendant and selective enforcement of existing restraining order
• abuse prevention order permissible only if predicate conditions shown and not as prophylactic against putative violations
• complainant’s fear of being arrested for violating an outstanding c. 209A order insufficient

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).