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9 Massachusetts opinions name it 1 courts 2023–2026 9 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Massachusetts courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (7)

CaseFollowedCited
Iamele v. Asselingreen
mass · 2005 · cited in 2 Massachusetts opinions naming this issue, 2025–2026
2 sentences

2026See Iamele, 444 Mass. at 740 ("The judge is to consider the basis for the modified to incorporate a Probate and Family Court stipulation from the same date. 3 At the extension hearing, the plaintiff testified that the trial involved issues of custody arrangements, domestic violence, and failed drug tests. 2 initial order in evaluating the risk of future abuse should the existing order expire.

2025See Iamele v. Asselin, 444 Mass. 734, 740 (2005) (at renewal hearing, defendant may not challenge evidence underlying initial order).

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YASMIN Y. v. QUESHON Q.green
massappct · 2022 · cited in 2 Massachusetts opinions naming this issue, 2024–2024
2 sentences

2024See Yasmin Y., 101 Mass. App. Ct. at 258.

2024"An ex parte order is entitled to no weight and the issues must be relitigated anew at the hearing after notice if the defendant appears." Yasmin Y. v. Queshon Q., 101 Mass. App. Ct. 252 , 258 n.11 (2022).

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C.O. v. M.M.green
mass · 2004 · cited in 1 Massachusetts opinions naming this issue, 2026–2026
1 sentence

2026See C.O. v. M.M., 442 Mass. 648, 659 (2004) (incumbent on judge to ensure "all parties be given a fair and equal opportunity to be heard" at extension hearing).

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Diaz v. Gomezgreen
massappct · 2012 · cited in 1 Massachusetts opinions naming this issue, 2025–2025
1 sentence

2025See Diaz v. Gomez, 82 Mass. App. Ct. 55, 63 (2012) (failure to raise due process claim in trial court waives any due process claim on appeal).

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M.B. v. J.Bgreen
massappct · 2014 · cited in 1 Massachusetts opinions naming this issue, 2025–2025
1 sentence

2025First, contrary to the defendant's arguments, the 6 of a c. 209A order is to protect a plaintiff from the likelihood of abuse," and "[a] plaintiff need not wait until an assault occurs to seek protection." M.B. v. J.B., 86 Mass. App. Ct. 108, 117 (2014).

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Frizado v. Frizadogreen
mass · 1995 · cited in 1 Massachusetts opinions naming this issue, 2024–2024
1 sentence

2024At an initial two-party hearing, "[t]he burden is on the [plaintiff] to establish facts justifying the issuance and continuance of an abuse prevention order." Frizado v. Frizado, 420 Mass. 592, 596 (1995).

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Vaccaro v. Vaccarogreen
mass · 1997 · cited in 1 Massachusetts opinions naming this issue, 2023–2023
1 sentence

2023See Vaccaro, 425 Mass. at 155 -156 & n.3. 3Section 7 of St. 1992, c. 188, also requires that the information contained in the DVRS "be made available to law enforcement agencies through the criminal justice information system maintained by the executive office of public safety." Accordingly, amendment of the statutory scheme also should authorize automatic expungement from the criminal justice information system where an abuse prevention order has been vacated due to insufficient evidence. 3 At the two-party hearing, a judge may extend the previously issued ex parte restraining order for a per

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Massachusetts. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (1)

CaseCitedYears
Callahan v. Callahan green
massappct · 2014
1 sentence

2023See Iamele v. Asselin, 444 4 Mass. 734 , 739 (2005); Callahan, 85 Mass. App. Ct. at 374 . 2 Here, the plaintiff did not seek to extend the c. 209A order that she obtained in 2014, and several years had passed by the time she brought her current complaint in 2022.

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Statutes the citing opinions construe

MA § Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209A, § 1 (5) MA § Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209A, § 4 (4) MA § Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209A, § 3 (3)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

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