Actually I’ve not said that. What I did say is you will not convince me to support a wife beater or give them a pass. See the difference?
One of my MIL's best friends was an attorney who specialized in taking domestic relations (divorce) cases, always representing the women. Her Daughter took over the practice and was an avowed man-hater. I was present in their house when the Mother took a client call. This was before 209As were a "thing", but she was pushing the woman to get an RO.
I'm a retired municipal police officer and one of our academy instructors told us of a case where a woman obtained an RO and since the subject of the RO was a truck driver, she would be present each morning along with her daughter, each with a copy of said RO hanging off her neck and they would stand in the driveways to prevent the subject of the RO from legally passing them to get to work.
Fact in MA: A woman merely has to call the PD and claim that she feels "threatened" by a person, a judge is on call 24x7x365 and will authorize said RO. Per MGL that means instant confiscation of LTC/FID/guns/ammo/anything gun related that they want to take and turn it over to a bonded warehouse (
@Rob Boudrie calls them a "thefthouse"), never to be seen again. This is all done ex parte. A hearing must be held within xx days (but the property is gone) and in probably 90+% of the cases, the RO is extended for a year. No judge wants to be accused of disallowing an RO and then something bad happens to the plaintiff. It is a political CYA.
I'm all for locking up someone convicted of abuse, however the system metes out the punishment before the person is even aware of an accusation. And it is used as a weapon/bargaining chip in many, too many divorce actions (and I personally know of one LEO who had it used against him, but his PD was well aware that the RO was BS, so he got everything back once he was cleared).
It is illegal, it is a fineable offense and does have the ability for the perjurious filer to stand trial and got to jail. Now in Mass that will likely not happen due to the AG and the revolving court door system that is in place.
Even attorneys will admit that in almost every divorce action, both parties lie in court and could (but never would) be convicted of perjury.