Diehl v. Drummond

DISSENTING OPINION

SMITH, J.,

February 15, 1989

I respectfully dissent. Respondent is a 16-year-old child and a former boyfriend of the minor petitioner. He is accused of assaultive behavior. Petitioner asserts that the court should allow a child (an individual under the age of 18 years) to be a respondent under the Protection From Abuse Act. 35 P.S. §10181 et seq. She posits that the court should give the act its broadest possible interpretation in order to not frustrate the purpose of the act.

*380The salient purpose of the Protection From Abuse Act is to provide immediate protection from domestic…