STATE v. MOTT

Nos. 95-433, 96-023.

692 A.2d 360 (1997)

STATE of Vermont v. Joseph Mitchell MOTT. Joanne E. MOTT (LEWIS) v. Joseph Mitchell MOTT.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

January 10, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey L. Amestoy, Attorney General, and Susan R. Harritt, Assistant Attorney General, Montpelier, for plaintiff-appellee in No. 95-433.

Robert Appel, Defender General, and Anna Saxman, Appellate Defender, Montpelier, for defendant-appellant in Nos. 95-433 and 96-023.

Lila Shapero, Vermont Legal Aid, Burlington, for amicus curiae Vermont Network Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault.

Before ALLEN, C.J., and GIBSON, DOOLEY, MORSE and JOHNSON, JJ.


DOOLEY, Justice.

Defendant Joseph Mott appeals his district court conviction for violating an abuse prevention order, see 13 V.S.A. § 1030, and separately appeals from the family court's denial of his motion for relief from the same abuse prevention order. Defendant contends that the order, issued to his ex-wife pursuant to 15 V.S.A. §§ 1103 and 1104, was void because he had no opportunity to be heard and the...

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