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CHAMPAGNE v. CHAMPAGNE

429 Mass. 324 (1999)

HECTOR J. CHAMPAGNE v. SUSAN N. CHAMPAGNE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 9, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pauline Quirion for Susan Champagne.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae.

Toni G. Wolfman, Claire Laporte, Tracey E. Spruce, & Katherine M. Hamill for The Domestic Violence Council, Inc., & others.

Fern L. Frolin for Boston Bar Association.

Eileen A. Cenci, Assistant Attorney General, for the Attorney General.

Sean M. Dunphy, Chief Justice, for Massachusetts Probate & Family Court.

Anne L. Berger, Philip J. Byers, & George S. Silverman for American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Massachusetts Chapter.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., ABRAMS, LYNCH, GREANEY, FRIED, MARSHALL, & IRELAND, JJ.

IRELAND, J.

A judge in the Probate and Family Court reported several questions to the Appeals Court, pursuant to G. L. c. 215, § 13, asking whether the Probate Court has the authority under G. L. c. 208, § 18, to issue a permanent protective order and incorporate it into a final judgment of divorce nisi. We granted the defendant's application for direct appellate review. We conclude that G. L. c. 208, § 18...

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