Jeanne E. M. v. Lindey M. M.

OPINION OF THE COURT

W. Dennis Duggan, J.

The court holds in this case that demonstrated acts of domestic violence by the father against the mother defeat his *670good cause claims that would otherwise support a change of venue back to his county of residence.

Family Court Act § 174 permits a Family Court to transfer a case to another county where the matter might have been originated when good cause is shown. Pursuant to Family Court Act § 165, venue may be in any county where one of the parties resides at the time of the commencement of the proceeding.

The parents in this case lived together in…