Knight v. Maher

The defendant, Cheryl Ann Maher, appeals an order of the Derry Family Division {Moore, J.) granting a final domestic violence protective order to the plaintiff, Eric Lee Knight. See RSA 173-B:5, 1(a) (Supp. 2010). We reverse.

The relevant facts follow. The parties are former spouses who together have three children: twin sixteen-year-old daughters and a ten-year-old son. In October 2009, the parties entered into an agreement wherein the plaintiff assumed primary residential responsibility for the parties’ children. The defendant maintains visitation with the children.

On March 18, 2010, the…