MATTHEW L. ARMITAGE v. GINNY HALE

Syllabus

JOHN W. MCCLARTY, J., dissenting. The majority provides a well-researched analysis of the interplay between the legislative purpose of a statute and its actual operation in the court system. However, I depart from the majority's thoughtful conclusion as applied to the order of protection statutes, which I view as a statutory anomaly with a distinct objective and purpose that requires judicial adherence.