Massachusetts Appeals Court· 9/27/1999

Pike v. Maguire

Citations

47 Mass. App. Ct. 929
716 N.E.2d 686
1999 Mass. App. LEXIS 1081

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concluding extension of c. 209A order was proper \in the context of the entire history of the parties' hostile relationship\
rejecting argument that, in order to grant extension, the judge was required to find that the defendant had committed acts enumerated in c. 209A justifying initial grant of order
judge could conclude that plaintiff “continued to have the same reasonable fear of physical harm that had supported the issuance of the restraining order sought to be extended”
plaintiff's fear of abuse was reasonable \in light of the defendant's past abusive acts giving rise to the prior restraining orders [and] the notoriously volatile nature of child custody and visitation battles\
reasonable fear of physical harm from \smashing of the plaintiff's family vehicle's windshield\

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