Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 4/9/1999

Champagne v. Champagne

Citations

429 Mass. 324
708 N.E.2d 100
1999 Mass. LEXIS 136

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“Annual hearings allow the opportunity for increased contact with the abuser, which may increase the risk of harm to the abused party”
“the Commonwealth’s public policy against domestic abuse [is] preservation of the fundamental human right to be protected from the devastating impact of family violence”
we interpret statutory language according to intent of Legislature ascertained from its words considered in context of statute’s purpose
“myriad abuse prevention statutes . . . support[] the Commonwealth’s public policy against domestic abuse — preservation of the fundamental human right to be protected from the devastating impact of family violence”
general and familiar rule is that statute must be interpreted “according to the intent of the Legislature ascertained from all its words construed by the ordinary and approved usage of the language”

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