Elderly couple 'in throes of divorce' seek protection orders against children

The 90-year-old man claims his adult daughter "threatened to smash my face" while his wife claims her adult son "is not complying with Nphet guidelines in the house".

Judge Larkin adjourned the two Protection Order cases involving the mother against their son and the father against their daughter to next year. File picture: iStock

A 90-year-old County Clare man and his wife, in her early eighties, are in the throes of divorce proceedings in the circuit court, a court has heard.

In a bitter family dispute that goes beyond the couple’s marital break-up and involves the couple’s adult children, the man has obtained a Protection Order against an adult daughter after he told the court that she “threatened to smash my face and I am concerned about my safety”.