ST. PAUL, Minn. – A Litchfield man who wanted a domestic abuse charge dropped because he no longer was in the relationship has been told: No. The state Supreme Court ruled that state law, although using the the present verb “is” in one place, was never intended by legislators to exclude abuse charges for prior relationships. Justice Anne McKeig said the Court’s decision was based on o a review of the legislative history going back 30 years, including minutes of Senate and House committee hearings.
