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BRODERICK, C.J. The defendant, Russell Bullis, Jr., appeals an order of the Portsmouth Family Division (DeVries, J.), entered on the recommendation of a Marital Master (Fishman, M.), denying his motion to dismiss a domestic violence petition filed by his wife, the plaintiff, Cintia Tosta. He also appeals the trial court’s order granting her a final domestic violence protective order after a hearing. See RSA 173-B:5 (Supp. 2007). We reverse.

Acting in the capacity of an interested member of the public the Petitioner, Theodore Kamasinski ("Mr. Kamasinski"), seeks access to certain sealed court records and to certain discovery materials currently the subject of protective orders in the above-captioned divorce proceeding. The Defendant, Ralph F. Holmes ("Mr. Holmes"), objects to disclosure. The Plaintiff, Lisa A. Holmes ("Ms. Holmes") objects in part. The guardian ad litem ("GAL") objects to the disclosure of the sealed GAL report.