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ALM GL ch. 209A, § 5A Page 44 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). 93. Smith, Battered Non-Wives and Unequal Protection-Order Coverage: A Call for Reform. 23 Yale L & Pol'y Rev 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/
Page 45 10 of 15 DOCUMENTS ANNOTATED LAWS OF MASSACHUSETTS Copyright © 2013 Matthew Bender & Company, Inc., a member of the LexisNexis Group All rights reserved *** Current through Acts 464 of the 2012 Legislative Session *** PART II REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS TITLE III DOMESTIC RELATIONS Chapter 209A Abuse Prevention GO TO MASSACHUSETTS CODE ARCHIVE DIRECTORY ALM GL ch. 209A, § 6 (2012) § 6. Powers and Duties of Law Officers; Notice of Rights. Whenever any law officer has reason to believe that a family or household member has been abused or is in danger of being abused, such officer shall use all reasonable means to prevent further abuse. The officer shall take, but not be limited to the following action: (1) remain on the scene of where said abuse occurred or was in danger of occurring as long as the officer has reason to believe that at least one of the parties involved would be in immediate physical danger without the presence of a law officer. This shall include, but not be limited to remaining in the dwelling for a reasonable period of time; (2) assist the abused person in obtaining medical treatment necessitated by an assault, which may include driving the victim to the emergency room of the nearest hospital, or arranging for appropriate transportation to a health care facility, notwithstanding any law to the contrary; (3) assist the abused person in locating and getting to a safe place; including but not limited to a designated meeting place for a shelter or a family member's or friend's residence. The officer shall consider the victim's preference in this regard and what is reasonable under all the circumstances; (4) give such person immediate and adequate notice of his or her rights. Such notice shall consist of handing said person a copy of the statement which follows below and reading the same to said person. Where said person's native language is not English, the statement shall be then provided in said person's native language whenever possible. "You have the right to appear at the Superior, Probate and Family, District or Boston Municipal Court, if you reside within the appropriate jurisdiction, and file a complaint requesting any of the following applicable orders: (a) an order restraining your attacker from abusing you; (b) an order directing your attacker to leave your household, building or workplace; (c) an order awarding you custody of a minor child; (d) an order directing your attacker to pay support for you or any minor child in your custody, if the attacker has a legal obligation of support; and (e) an order directing your
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