Susan Chretien v. Russell Chretien

Majority: GORMAN, JABAR, HJELM, and HUMPHREY, JJ.

Dissent: SAUFLEY, C.J., and ALEXANDER, J.

Dissent: ALEXANDER, J.

HJELM, J.

[¶1] Russell Chretien appeals from a now-expired order for protection from abuse entered in the District Court (Newport, Budd, J.) on a complaint filed by Susan Chretien. Russell contends that the court erred by issuing the protective order after explicitly finding that he had not abused Susan but that he posed a “credible threat” to her.1 We conclude, first, that this appeal remains justiciable even though the protective order has expired; and, second, that because the…