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the chief justice of the trial court department, one member of which shall be a district attorney or his designee, two of
which shall be members of a recognized batterer's treatment program with training experience, two of which shall be
members of a domestic violence program or the statewide coalition of programs which provide services to victims of
domestic violence and one of whom shall be a member from a probation department. Prior to the establishment of such
guidelines and standards, the department of public health may provisionally certify batterer's treatment programs
pursuant to regulations promulgated by the department. Such provisional certification shall expire upon establishment
of guidelines under this section. The department of public health shall thereafter certify and monitor batterer's treatment
programs according to the standards established and promulgated by the commission. Programs so certified shall be the
only batterer's treatment programs appropriate for court referrals.
The 1996 amendment, by § 6, in item (7), following "three" inserted ", three B, three C" and by § 7, in item (7),
following "nine C" inserted "or similar protection order issued by another jurisdiction."
The 2010 amendment, effective Nov 4, 2010, substituted "department of criminal justice information services" for
"criminal history systems board" in the second sentence of the fifth paragraph.
Jurisprudence
24 Am Jur 2d, Divorce & Separation §§ 265-268.
Annotations
Validity and application of statute allowing endangered child to be temporarily removed from parental custody. 38
ALR4th 756.
Treatise References
Blumenson, Fisher, & Kanstroom, Massachusetts Criminal Practice (Michie) § 50.
Brisk, Hoag, MacLaughin-Barck, Massachusetts Elder Law (Michie) §§ 1.7, 2.4.
Harvey, Moriarty, Bryant, Massachusetts Domestic Relations, 2d Ed. (Michie) §§ 4.05, 4.14, 51:2, Form 208.
Law Reviews
Domestic Violence. The Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law (2012).
Roederer, Another Case in Lochner's Legacy, The Court's Assault on New Property: The Right to The Mandatory
Enforcement of a Restraining Order is a "Sham," "Nullity," and "Cruel Deception". 54 Drake L. Rev. 321 (Winter,
2006).
Volovski, Crime And Punishment Law Chapter: Domestic Violence. 5 Geo J Gender & L 175 (Spring, 2004).
Rousseve, Sixth Annual Review of Gender and Sexuality Law: II. Criminal Law Chapter: Domestic Violence and
the States. 6 Geo. J. Gender & L. 431 (2005).
Hickey, Ninth Annual Review of Gender and Sexuality Law: Criminal Law Chapter: Domestic Violence and the
State. 9 Geo. J. Gender & L. 625 (2008).
Solon, Domestic Violence. 10 Geo. J. Gender & L. 369 (2009).
Morao, Domestic Violence and the State. 7 Geo. J. Gender XXX L. 787 (2006).
Buel, Violence Against Women: Effective Assistance of Counsel for Battered Women Defendants: A Normative