Smith v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis

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15 state decisions

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1. “In acting on an original G. L. c. 209A application or an application for an extension, a judge has wide discretion, see Iamele [ ], supra at 742, 831 N.E.2d 324 , and can properly take into account the entire history of the parties' relationship, see Pike v. Maguire , 47 Mass. App. Ct. 929 , 930, 716 N.E.2d 686 (1999), and any trauma or threat of harm to the applicant's minor children. Vittone v. Clairmont , [ 64 Mass. App. Ct. 479 ,] 489, 834 N.E.2d 258 [ (2005) ].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 561 - C.R.S. v. J.M.S.

2. “Moreover, when faced with an extension request, the judge is not limited to issuance of a permanent extension or none at all. The statute permits extensions for 'such additional time as [the judge] deems necessary to protect [the plaintiff] from abuse,' G. L. c. 209A, § 3, ... thus leaving 'to the discretion of the judge the time period of any extension of an initial abuse prevention order.' Crenshaw v. Macklin , 430 Mass. 633 , 636 [2000].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1127 - A.H. v. District Columbia

3. “A person seeking an initial protective order under G. L. c. 209A must show that at the time of the application ... she 'suffers from abuse,' i.e., that ... she has a reasonable fear of imminent serious physical harm produced by the defendant's words or actions, viewed in light of the attendant circumstances.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 94 Mass. App. Ct. 1113 - R.C. v. J.K.