Plymouth, MA Domestic Violence

Plymouth: the short answer

Plymouth domestic-violence cases typically run two parallel tracks: a criminal charge in the local District Court (assault and battery on a family or household member under M.G.L. c. 265 sec. 13M, restraining-order violation under c. 209A sec. 7) and a civil 209A or 258E petition with a 10-day return hearing. Where the parties share a child or are presently married, related parenting orders move in the Plymouth County Probate and Family Court. The intake call evaluates the matter and the firm either handles it directly or connects the client with a Massachusetts criminal-defense partner attorney at no extra cost.

Which Plymouth courts handle this

For readers in Plymouth, the following Plymouth County courts hear this category of matter:

• Brockton District Court 215 Main Street, Brockton, MA 02301 criminal arraignment and 209A and 258E petition return hearings
• Plymouth Probate and Family Court 52 Obery Street, Plymouth, MA 02360 parallel parenting orders and 209A petitions involving spouses or co-parents
• Plymouth Superior Court 72 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA 02301 felony domestic-violence cases bound over after probable-cause hearing

Filing in the wrong forum is a procedural setback rather than a permanent bar, but it costs time. Counsel routes the matter to the correct court at intake.

Bringing this matter to Jim Glaser Law from Plymouth

Reaching Jim Glaser Law from Plymouth starts at the number listed above. There is no charge for the initial telephone conversation, and there is no obligation afterward to retain the firm. For matters the firm accepts under a contingency-fee arrangement, the engagement letter spells out that no attorney fee is due unless and until a recovery is obtained on behalf of the client; case costs and expenses follow the terms of that written agreement.

Plymouth sits in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, with a population of approximately 61,217 per the most recent Census estimate. Plymouth County matters of this category are heard and administered through the appropriate Plymouth County forums and are evaluated under the same Massachusetts framework that applies to every domestic violence matter in the Commonwealth.

Plymouth's case mix tracks the town's profile as the geographically largest community in Massachusetts and a major coastal tourism destination: auto-accident matters along the Route 3 commuter corridor and the Route 3A coastal road; premises-liability matters from the seasonal hospitality and retail establishments concentrated downtown and at Plymouth Long Beach; workers compensation matters from the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station decommissioning workforce and the smaller hospitality employers; and a steady real-estate docket reflecting the town's mix of historic, year-round, and seasonal property types. Plymouth was first settled in 1620 by the Mayflower passengers, making it the oldest continuously-inhabited European settlement in New England. The town covers roughly 134 square miles, the largest by area in Massachusetts. Plymouth ZIP codes span 02360 through 02362, with the historic district at 02360.