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ALM GL ch. 209A, § 2
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Treatise References
Blumenson, Fisher, & Kanstroom, Massachusetts Criminal Practice (Michie) § 50.
Brisk, Hoag, MacLaughin-Barck, Massachusetts Elder Law (Michie) §§ 1.7, 2.4.
Cross, Fleischner, Elder, Guardianship and Conservatorship in Massachusetts, 2d Ed. (Michie) § 9.02.
Harvey, Moriarty, Bryant, Massachusetts Domestic Relations, 2d Ed. (Michie) §§ 4.10, 9.05, 51:2, Form 208.
Massachusetts Divorce Law Practice Manual § 11.2.3, Abuse Prevention.
Law Reviews
Buel, Violence Against Women: Effective Assistance of Counsel for Battered Women Defendants: A Normative
Construct. 26 Harv Women's LJ 217.
Lininger, A Better Way to Disarm Batterers. 54 Hastings LJ 525 (March, 2003).
Long, Commonwealth v. Gonsalves: Erroneously Expanding the Concept of Police Interrogation Set Forth in
Crawford v. Washington to Include Investigatory Police Interrogations. 33 N.E. J. on Crim. & Civ. Con. 171 (Winter,
2007).
Gresens, Denying Choice of Forum: An Interference by the Massachusetts Trial Court with Domestic Violence
Victims' Rights and Safety. 43 Suffolk U. L. Rev. 293 (2010).
Buel and Drew, Do Ask and Do Tell: Rethinking the Lawyer's Duty to Warn in Domestic Violence Cases. 75 U.
Cin. L. Rev. 447 (Winter, 2006).
Web References
ABA Domestic Violence Section, see www.abanet.org/domviol/home.html
ABA Family Law Section, see www.abanet.org/family/home.html
Department of Social Services, see www.state.ma.us/dss/
Legal Information Institute's Divorce Law Overview, see www.law.cornell.edu/topics/divorce.html
Legal Information Institute's Marriage Law Overview, see www.law.cornell.edu/topics/marriage.html
Probate and Family Court, see www.state.ma.us/courts/courtsandjudges/courts/probateandfamilycourt/
CASE NOTES
Appellate Division of District Court Department lacks subject matter jurisdiction to review ALM GL c 209A cases
in District Courts. Burrill v. Burrill (1993) 1993 Mass App Div 178, 1993 Mass App Div LEXIS 63.
Trial court impermissibly prevented plaintiff from calling defendant as a witness at the hearing on an application
for a ALM GL c 209A abuse prevention order because defendant never asserted a privilege not to testify, and trial court
did not inquire if defendant chose to do so; it was not the trial court's prerogative to make that choice for him. S.T. v.