COOKE v. NAYLOR


573 A.2d 376 (1990)

Audrey L. COOKE, on behalf of minor child v. Michael NAYLOR.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided April 13, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Kelly Ebitz (orally), Adrienne E. Volenik, and Judith W. Thornton, Bangor, for plaintiff.

Charles D. Jamieson (orally), Jupiter, Fla., for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and WATHEN, CLIFFORD, HORNBY and COLLINS, JJ.


McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Defendant Michael Naylor appeals from a protective order entered against him by the District Court (Belfast, Bradley, J.) in June 1988 in response to the complaint filed by his former wife Audrey L. Cooke pursuant to the Domestic Protection From Abuse Act, 19 M.R.S.A. §§ 761-770 (1981 & Supp. 1989), on behalf of their minor daughter. Naylor argues primarily that the Act is criminal in nature and that the District Court...

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