In re McArdle

The defendant, Patrick McArdle, appeals an order of the Conway Family Division (Albee, J.) granting a final domestic violence protective order to the plaintiff, Lisa McArdle. See RSA 173-B:5, 1(a) (Supp. 2010). We affirm.

The trial court could have, found the following facts. As of June 8, 2010, the parties had been married for twenty-three years, had four children, and were living together in Madison. On that day, the plaintiff was in the kitchen of the parties’ home with their children and a friend. The defendant entered the kitchen, yelled at the plaintiff, and threw some papers at her. The…