Legal Opinion

Gina M. Childs v. Robert A. Ballou Jr.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided September 13, 2016No. Docket: Oxf-15-587PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSaufley, C.J.

[¶1] Robert A. Ballou Jr. appeals from a judgment of the District Court (South Paris, Carlson, J.) granting to Gina M. Childs a two-year extension of an existing order of protection from abuse. See 19-A M.R.S. § 4007(2) (2015). Although Ballou raises multiple issues, we. discern no error and write only to address his argument .that the court-ordered restrictions on his com? munications with Childs, violate his First Amendment rights. We affirm the judgment.

I. BACKGROUND

[¶2] Childs and Ballou were married in 2007, their son was born in 2008, and Childs filed for divorce in 2010. Childs sought…

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