Shaw v. Packard

*1288Majority: SAUFLEY, C.J., and CLIFFORD, DANA, LEVY, and SILVER, JJ.

Dissenting: ALEXANDER, and CALKINS, JJ.

LEVY, J.

[¶ 1] Richard Packard appeals from a judgment of the District Court (Skowhegan, MacMichael, J.) granting his ex-wife, Sue Ellen Shaw, a protection from abuse order. Packard raises several issues on appeal, including that the court erred as a matter of law when it concluded that 19-A M.R.S.A. § 4006(1) (1998) prohibits the continuance of a final hearing beyond twenty-one days without the consent of both parties. We agree with Packard’s contention regarding section 4006(1), vacate…