Gehrke v. Gehrke
Annotate this CaseIn 2012, the district court entered an order protecting Jana Gehrke, Chad Gehrke’s ex-wife, and the parties’ sons. Thereafter, the order was twice modified, further constraining Chad’s contact with the children. In 2013, Jana filed her third motion to modify the protection order. After a hearing, the court found that Chad had committed abuse and entered an amended order prohibiting Chad from having any contact with Jana or the children. In 2014, Jana moved to extend the order of protection from abuse for two more years. The court entered a judgment extending the order of protection from abuse due to Chad’s pattern of violence, threats, suicide threats, and failure to comply with the increasingly restrictive court orders. The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed, holding (1) the district court did not err in relying on evidence of abuse that predated the initial protection from abuse order and determining that the extended order was necessary to protect Jana and the children; and (2) the extended protection order did not violate Defendant’s constitutionally protected parental rights.
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