Mitchell v. Mitchell

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

A Family Court judge dismissed the plaintiff’s complaint for protection from abuse and granted the defendant supervised visitation rights to see the parties’ infant daughter. The plaintiff appeals.

On June 1,1984, plaintiff Karen S. Mitchell filed a complaint for protection from abuse in Family Court against her husband, defendant Kent A. Mitchell. The complaint alleged that defendant had attempted to cause her physical harm, and had forced her to engage in sexual relations against her will. In an accompanying affidavit, plaintiff asserted that defendant had sexually…