GRAHAM, J.
The defendant argued, unsuccessfully, in the District Court, against the extension of an ex parte abuse prevention order issued pursuant to G. L. c. 209A, which required him to refrain from abusing the plaintiff, his sister. On appeal, he contends that the evidence was insufficient to support a finding of abuse as contemplated by the statute, and that the judge below deprived him of his constitutional right to due process and his statutory right to a hearing...
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