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REW v. BERGSTROM

No. A10-2145.

845 N.W.2d 764 (2014)

In the Matter of Vanessa Yolanda REW, and o/b/o T.C.B. and D.S.B., Respondent, v. James Allen BERGSTROM, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

April 30, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Gilligan, Jr. , Murnane Brandt , Saint Paul, MN, for respondent.

James Allen Bergstrom, Roseville, MN, pro se.

Lori Swanson , Attorney General, Alan I. Gilbert , Solicitor General, Michael Everson , Assistant Attorney General, Saint Paul, MN, for amicus curiae Minnesota Attorney General.

Kristine Lizdas , Minneapolis, MN, for amicus curiae Battered Women's Justice Project.

Rana SA Fuller , Minneapolis, MN, for amicus curiae Battered Women's Legal Advocacy Project.

Elizabeth J. Richards , Beverly Balos , Saint Paul, MN, for amicus curiae Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women.

Michelle L. MacDonald , Athena V. Hollins , MacDonald Law Firm, LLC, West Saint Paul, MN, for amici curiae The Family Innocence Project and Center for Parental Responsibility.

Mary Catherine Lauhead , Saint Paul, MN; and Michael D. Dittberner , Linder, Dittberner & Bryant, Ltd., Edina, MN; and Steven Snyder , Maple Grove, Minnesota, for amicus curiae Family Law Section, Minnesota State Bar Association.

OPINION

STRAS, Justice.

At issue in this case is the legality of a district court's extension for up to 50 years of an order for protection ("OFP") in favor of a victim of domestic abuse and her minor children. Over the objections of appellant James Allen Bergstrom, the district court granted an extension of an existing OFP to respondent Vanessa Yolanda Rew, Bergstrom's ex-wife, prohibiting contact between Bergstrom and Rew or their minor children. Bergstrom...

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