Legal Opinion
Callahan v. Callahan
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided May 28, 2014No. 13-P-178PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGrasso, J.
At issue is whether a Probate and Family Court judge abused his discretion in extending (and refusing to modify or terminate) an abuse prevention order issued under G. L. c. 209A when the subject of that order was also serving a prison sentence for crimes of violence against the plaintiff who obtained the order. We conclude that the judge did not err and affirm.
1. Background. On July 6, 2010, April B. Callahan sought *370and received an abuse prevention order against her then husband, Richard E. Callahan, in the Hampden Division of the Probate and Family Court.1 The order directed Richard to…
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