{"id":2715,"date":"2021-08-03T19:15:31","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T23:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/?p=2715"},"modified":"2021-08-01T19:16:34","modified_gmt":"2021-08-01T23:16:34","slug":"209a-text-message-restraining-order-case-decided-by-massachusetts-appeals-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/209a-text-message-restraining-order-case-decided-by-massachusetts-appeals-court\/","title":{"rendered":"209A Text Message Restraining Order Case decided by Massachusetts Appeals Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Massachusetts Appellate Court Decides Text Message Restraining Order Case <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A typical restraining order prohibits contact between two people, typically in a domestic violence or stalking situation. But what qualifies as contact? Are text messages from a certain phone number considered \u201ccontact\u201d even though there is no way to prove who is behind the phone? The Massachusetts Court of Appeals decided this question in the case of <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/massachusetts\/court-of-appeals\/2021\/19-p-1167.html\"><em>Commonwealth v. Gonsalves<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What happened in the <em>Gonsalves <\/em>case? <\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/209a-text-message-restraining-order-case-decided-by-massachusetts-appeals-court\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading 209A Text Message Restraining Order Case decided by Massachusetts Appeals Court\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Massachusetts Appellate Court Decides Text Message Restraining Order Case A typical restraining order prohibits contact between two people, typically in a domestic violence or stalking situation. But what qualifies as contact? Are text messages from a certain phone number considered \u201ccontact\u201d even though there is no way to prove who is behind the phone? 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