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ALM GL ch. 209A, § 10
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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).
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
Trial court's award of legal and primary physical custody to a mother, pursuant to ALM GL c 209C, § 10(a), was
proper where the substance of the trial court's opinion indicated that the judge applied the "best interests of the child"
standard and also considered the three required factors of ALM GL c 209C, § 10(a) in making its custody determination;
the court found that both parents had a close personal and parental relationship with their daughter, it considered where
and with whom the child resided for the six months prior to the initiation of the proceeding, and it attempted to preserve
"to the extent possible" the relationship between the child and the primary caregiver. Custody of Kali (2003) 439 Mass
834, 792 NE2d 635, 2003 Mass LEXIS 574.