Suter v. Stuckey

Suter filed a petition for a temporary protective order, alleging boyfriend committed various violent acts against her.  The court issued the temporary protective order and entered a final protective order five days later by consent.  Stuckey, Suter’s boyfriend, later filed an appeal of the final protective order.  Suter filed a motion to dismiss the appeal, arguing the appeal was time-barred, and Stuckey was estopped from appealing a consent judgment.  The court held that the appeal was moot because the protective order had expired; however, it concluded that the issue was one capable of repetition yet evading review, and implicated an important public policy; it therefore examined the merits of the case.  The Court held that boyfriend did not have the right to appeal a protective order entered by consent.

Topics

• Domestic and intimate partner violence

Geographical location

• North America
• United States
• Maryland

Keywords

• united states
• 2007
• maryland

Year

• 2007

External URL

• Suter v. Stuckey

Court

• Maryland Supreme Court

Type

• Domestic Case Law

Jurisdiction

• Maryland