Turner v. Lewis

This appeal raises the question whether the paternal grandparent of a child whose parents were not married is “related by blood” to the child’s mother, and thus, has a right to invoke protection from domestic abuse under G. L. c. 209A. We answer yes.

The plaintiff in this case is the paternal grandmother of a ten year old child, whose parents were never married. The grandmother has custody of the child, and the child resides with her. The child’s mother presently has visitation rights with the child, although she does not pay child support to the grandmother.

*332The grandmother makes the following…