HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 586        FILED ON: 1/12/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1391

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to protective orders..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1.  Subsection (a) of section 43A of chapter 265 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-

    Notwithstanding the provisions of any other general or special law to the contrary, any person suffering from the willful and malicious conduct of another, as described in this section or section 43 may file a complaint in the court requesting protection from such abuse.