Coburn v. Coburn

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• noting that “[f]iling a petition for protection from abuse does not initiate divorce proceedings [or] award permanent custody of children .... ”
• noting that protective orders, according to then Md. Code Ann., Family Law § 4-506(g), do not exceed 200 days in duration
• explaining that the goals of the Maryland domestic-abuse statute are “preventive, protective and remedial, not punitive”
• providing a history of the domestic violence statute and a detailed explanation of how to file for a protective order
• providing a history of the domestic violence statute and determining that it is a remedial statute
• describing the process for petitioning for a protective order and the different types of relief a court may order

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).