Donley v. Donley

Defendant appeals the family court’s denial of his motion to set aside a relief-from-abuse order. We affirm.

In August 1992, plaintiff, who is defendant’s sister and rented an apartment in the home of the parties’ mother, obtained a relief-from-abuse order based on an incident in which defendant physically attacked her and threatened to kill her. The order required defendant to stay away from his sister, and permitted defendant to visit his mother at her home only within a three-hour period every other Sunday afternoon. As a result of the incident, defendant was also charged with aggravated…