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Obtaining, Enforcing, and Defending c. 209A Restraining Orders in Massachusetts

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Publication Date: 10/31/2021
Edition: 3rd Edition 2019, with 2021 Supplement
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An Overview of the Statute
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Timothy J. Cruz, Esq., Plymouth County District Attorney's Office, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Jessica Elumba, Esq., Plymouth County District Attorney's Office, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Elizabeth O'Connell, Esq., Plymouth County District Attorney's Office, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Exhibit 1A
- Substantive Differences Between G.L. c. 209A and G.L. c. 258E Buy Form

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Obtaining a Restraining Order
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Elizabeth O'Connell, Esq., Plymouth County District Attorney's Office, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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Restraining Order Violation—Arrest and Bail
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Prosecution and Defense of Restraining Order Violations
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Jessica Elumba, Esq., Plymouth County District Attorney's Office, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Elizabeth O'Connell, Esq., Plymouth County District Attorney's Office, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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Sentencing
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Statewide Domestic Violence Resources
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Timothy J. Cruz, Esq., Plymouth County District Attorney's Office, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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Elizabeth O'Connell, Esq., Plymouth County District Attorney's Office, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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Timothy J. Cruz, Esq., Plymouth County District Attorney's Office, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Brockton

Jessica Elumba, Esq., Plymouth County District Attorney's Office, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Brockton

Elizabeth O'Connell, Esq., Plymouth County District Attorney's Office, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Brockton

Minhtram Thi Tran, Esq., Plymouth County District Attorney's Office, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Brockton

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Obtaining, Enforcing, and Defending c. 209A Restraining Orders in Massachusetts

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Table of Contents

An Overview of the Statute

Exhibit 1A

Exhibit 1B

Obtaining a Restraining Order

Exhibit 2A

Exhibit 2B

Restraining Order Violation—Arrest and Bail

Exhibit 3A

Prosecution and Defense of Restraining Order Violations

Sentencing

Statewide Domestic Violence Resources

Resource Appendix

Author(s)