Amendment #39 to H4517

eliminates automatic ERPO if 'respondent' is unable to attend a court date.

Representatives McKenna of Webster, Berthiaume of Spencer, Kuros of Uxbridge, Muradian of Grafton, O'Connell of Taunton, DeCoste of Norwell, Dooley of Norfolk, Crocker of Barnstable, Diehl of Whitman, Gifford of Wareham, Jones of North Reading, Kane of Shrewsbury and Orrall of Lakeville move to amend the bill in section 12, in line 106, by striking the sentence, “If the respondent does not appear at the hearing pursuant to subsection (a) or subsection (b), the court shall grant the petition.”