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W filed a complaint in Family Court seeking protection from abuse. W alleged that she 'suffered abuse when the H' '[p]laced [her] in fear of imminent physical harm' and engaged in 'Stalking, Cyberstalking, [and/or] Harassing.' W was in fear of H because of his 'persistent threatening, swearing, and menacing behavior during pick-up/drop-off times [when they would exchange their child] and phone calls.' W asked the court to enjoin H 'from contacting, assaulting, molesting, or otherwise interfering with [her] * * * .' W detained three incidents after she had filed a motion to modify child visitation. P testified that, on the day her motion was dismissed, she received a phone call from defendant, who, in a 'gruff, seething kind of tone of voice,' said to her: '[A]re, you going to keep f*** with me now?' Sometime after that, H had called her to 'gloat,' stating: 'Don't 'F' with me and my lawyers.' Another time H called her on the phone and said: 'So, you're going to stop talking, you know, s*** about me. Do you understand?' W said she became really scared and called the police in Franklin; she added that an officer then escorted her to the place where she would pick up the child. W also testified that, during the divorce proceedings, H threatened to 'throw [her] cats in the pound' and 'trashed' her piano; she added that, in May of 2012, H 'threw something at [her].' H acknowledged that there had been arguments and that he had resorted to vulgarity during those arguments. H acknowledged that his swearing at W in the midst of a phone call constituted 'harassment,' but he asserted that she had been 'harassing [him] as well.' H was permitted to contact W to facilitate visitation and the exchange of their child should occur at either the North Smithfield, Rhode Island or Franklin, Massachusetts police stations. H appealed claiming that because there was no physical violence the restraining order was improper. The court affirmed. H appealed.

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