C.O. v. M.M.

The defendant appealed from the issuance against him of an abuse prevention order pursuant to G. L. c. 209A, § 4. We transferred the case to this court from the Appeals Court on our own motion. The defendant asks that we vacate *649the G. L. c. 209A abuse prevention order on the bases that (1) the plaintiff failed to meet her burden of establishing the existence of a “substantive dating or engagement relationship” as required by G. L. c. 209A, § 1(e); and (2) the District Court judge violated the defendant’s due process rights by not permitting him to call any witnesses on his behalf or otherwise…