Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Lewis
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided May 25, 2012No. A12A0601PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Blackwell, Judge.
Bethany Lewis appeals from the dismissal of her petition under the Family Violence Act, OCGA § 19-13-1 et seq., in which she sought a protective order against Willie M. Lewis, Jr., her estranged husband. We conclude that the court below erred when it found that, to obtain such a protective order, Bethany was absolutely required as a matter of law to show that her husband had committed a “reasonably recent” act of family violence against her. Accordingly, we vacate the dismissal of her petition and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
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