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2006 Massachusetts Code - CHAPTER 209A. — ABUSE PREVENTION.
- Section 1. Definitions.
- Section 2. Abuse prevention proceedings; venue.
- Section 3. Remedies; period of relief.
- Section 3A. Nature of proceedings and availability of other criminalproceedings; information required to be given to complainant upon filing.
- Section 3B. Order for suspension and surrender of firearms license;surrender of firearms; petition for review; hearing.
- Section 3C. Continuation or modification of order for surrenderor suspension.
- Section 4. Temporary orders; notice; hearing.
- Section 5. Granting of relief when court closed; relief granted bytelephone; certification.
- Section 5A. Protection order issued by another jurisdiction; enforcement;filing; presumption of validity.
- Section 6. Powers of police; civil liability; victim's right to copy ofincident report; notice of release of arrested persons; no-contact orders.
- Section 7. Abuse prevention orders; domestic violence record search; service of order; enforcement; violations.
- Section 8. Address of plaintiff; exclusion from court documents;confidentiality ofrecords.
- Section 9. Form of complaint; promulgation.
- Section 10. Assessments against persons referred to certifiedbatterers' treatment program as condition of probation.
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