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This column summarizes and discusses recent domestic violence restraining order cases, including: In Spiegel v. Haas, 697 So. 2d 222 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997); Haas v. Spiegel, 1997 WL 586422 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997); Sharpe v. Sharpe, 695 So.2d 1302 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997); Coyle v. Compton, 940 P.2d 404 (Haw. Ct. App. 1997); Ricker v. Ricker, 691 A.2d 283 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 1997); Commonwealth v. Blessing, 683 N.E.2d 724 (Mass. App. Ct. 1997); Cesare v. Cesare, 694 A.2d 603 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div.), cert. granted, 702 A.2d 348 (N.J. 1997); Smith v. Moore, 689 A.2d 145 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 1997); South v. North, 698 A.2d 553 (N.J. Super. Ct. Ch. Div. 1997); P.J.G. v. P.S.S., 688 A.2d 630 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 1997); Felton v. Felton, 679 N.E.2d 672 (Ohio 1997); and State v. Mott, 692 A.2d 360 (Vt. 1997).

Keywords: remarks not terroristic threats; de facto member of household

Affiliations:  1: Associate Editor of DVR; 2: Associate Editor of DVR.