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E.C.O. v. COMPTON

SJC-11259

464 Mass. 558 (2013)

E.C.O. v. GREGORY JAMES COMPTON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

March 13, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. Engel for the defendant.

Robert F. Peck ( Henry Porter with him) for the plaintiff.

Wendy M. Berg , Christina L. Paradiso , Edward M. Ginsburg , Jessica Woodman-Hardy , & Jeff N. Sakol , for Community Legal Aid, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: IRELAND, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, GANTS, DUFFLY, & LENK, JJ.

IRELAND, C.J.

This case concerns whether a parent may seek an extension of an abuse prevention order under G. L. c. 209A to prevent his daughter, who was sixteen years of age, from voluntarily engaging in a sexual relationship with an adult.3 Following a hearing before a District Court judge, an ex parte abuse prevention order obtained pursuant to G. L. c. 209A, § 4, by a father on behalf...

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