Cotter v. Wright

MEMORANDUM OPINION

The defendant, Wayne A. Wright, appeals from a Marital Master’s (Larry Pletcher, Esq.) order granting a petition for a restraining order filed by the plaintiff, Pamela Cotter. The defendant argues that the marital master lacked authority to adjudicate the domestic violence petition. We reverse and remand.

*569The following facts are undisputed. The plaintiff and the defendant, unmarried, cohabited for a period of time. In January 1998, the defendant filed a domestic violence petition against the plaintiff, and she countered with a domestic violence petition against him in March…