Jessica D. v. Jeremy H.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Dennis K. McDermott, J.

The question presented in this case is whether these parties were engaged in an “intimate relationship” and, if so, whether *665the petitioner is entitled to seek relief under the provisions of article 8 of the Family Court Act.

The petitioner is a married woman who, in her duly verified petition, alleges that the respondent and she were “boyfriend/ girlfriend” engaged in an intimate relationship and that in the few days immediately prior to the filing of her petition the respondent had, among other things, struck her and threatened to shoot both her and…