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COM. v. ALLEN

506 Pa. 500 (1984)

486 A.2d 363

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Charles J. ALLEN, Appellant. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Charles J. ALLEN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 21, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth C. Sandoe, Myerstown, for Charles J. Allen.

John E. Feather, Asst. Dist. Atty., for the Com.

Barbara J. Hart, Reading, amicus curiae, for Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

Before Nix, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

HUTCHINSON, Justice.

These cross-appeals by allowance from an opinion and order of Superior Court, 322 Pa.Super. 424, 469 A.2d 1063, require us, for the first time, to construe the provisions of the Protection From Abuse Act (Act), of October 7, 1976, P.L. 1090, No. 218, as amended, 35 P.S. §§ 10181-10190 (Supp.1984-85). Specifically, we must...

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