SACKS, J.
The defendant appeals from a Probate and Family Court order making permanent a G. L. c. 209A abuse prevention order (209A order) issued one year earlier. He argues that the judge erred by (1) making the order permanent based solely upon the plaintiff's fear arising out of a past incident of serious physical abuse, without any finding that...
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