| Docket # | SJC-11259 |
| Date | November 8, 2012 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
Summary (prepared by Suffolk University Law School) | Abuse Prevention-- Whether the father of a 16-year-old girl may obtain an abuse prevention order against the defendant whom the daughter met while on a trip to England and with whom the daughter communicated by electronic means. |
| Appealed From | Salem District Court, Essex County, Justice Michael C. Lauranzano |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant (Appearing) | Compton: Mark D. Engel |
Counsel for Appellee (Appearing) | O'Donnell: Robert F. Peck, Jr. |
| Amici Curiae | Community Legal Aid |