Sordyl v. Sordyl
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MAINE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT		Reporter of Decisions
Decision:  1997 ME 87
Docket:  HAN-96-439
Submitted on briefs January 16, 1997
Decided April 29, 1997

Panel:  WATHEN, C.J.,  ROBERTS, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, DANA, and 
LIPEZ, JJ.  

BETHINE ANN C. SORDYL
 n/k/a BETHINE ANN CROOKEDACRE

v.

EUGENE SORDYL

WATHEN, C.J.


	[¶1]  Defendant, Eugene Sordyl, appeals from the judgment entered in
the Superior Court (Hancock County, Mead, J.) affirming the protection
from abuse order entered against him in the District Court (Bar Harbor,
Staples, J.) pursuant to 19 M.R.S.A. § 766 (1981 & Supp. 1996).  Defendant
seeks to challenge an evidentiary ruling made by the District Court in
finding "abuse" within the meaning of 19 M.R.S.A. § 762(1)(B) (1981 &
Supp. 1996).{1}  Because the protection order expired by its own terms more
than one year ago, we conclude that the appeal should have been dismissed
as moot.
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