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COBURN v. COBURN

No. 85, September Term, 1995.

342 Md. 244 (1996)

WILLIAM E. COBURN, JR. v. MARCIA COBURN.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

April 17, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark L. Gitomer (Cardin & Gitomer, P.A., on brief), Baltimore, for petitioner.

Zakia Mahasa, Lisae C. Jordan (Dorothy J. Lennig, Mina Naddaf, on brief), Baltimore, for respondent.

Argued before ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, CHASANOW, KARWACKI, BELL and RAKER, JJ., and JOHN F. McAULIFFE, Judge (retired), Specially Assigned.

CHASANOW, Judge.

We are called on in this case to determine whether evidence of alleged prior abusive acts is admissible in a protective order hearing pursuant to Maryland's domestic violence statute, Maryland Code (1984, 1991 Repl.Vol., 1995 Supp.), Family Law Article, §§ 4-501 through 4-516. We hold that such evidence is admissible in light of the remedial purpose of the domestic violence statute and affirm the decision of the circuit court.

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