SWEET, P.J., February 3, 1977.
On or about January 22, 1977, Lois J. Smittle brought the first action here under the Protection From Abuse Act of October 7, 1976, P. L. 1090, 35 P. S. § 10181, which, despite the internal official nomenclature, seems destined to become "the battered person" law. The immediate facts of the case give little trouble, but there is a pesky item of statutory construction.
Mrs. Smittle averred that on November 1, 1976...
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