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FRIZADO v. FRIZADO

420 Mass. 592 (1995)

RICHARD W. FRIZADO vs. SHIRLEY A. FRIZADO & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 15, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul W. Patten for the plaintiff.

Edward D. Rapacki, Assistant Attorney General, for Fall River Division of the District Court Department of the Trial Court.

Toni G. Wolfman, Anthony Mirenda, Michele A. Whitham, Claire Laporte & Mark Rosen, for Domestic Violence Council & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

WILKINS, J.

We are concerned with constitutionally-based arguments that challenge the lawfulness of abuse prevention orders issued against Richard W. Frizado on the complaint of his former wife. In August and September, 1994, respectively, a District Court judge issued preliminary and permanent orders against Frizado pursuant to G.L.c. 209A (1992 ed.).

Frizado moved unsuccessfully in the District Court to dismiss the complaint and ex parte orders that had...

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