Jessica D. v. Jeremy H.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Mercure, J.
The question that we must answer on this appeal is whether Family Court has jurisdiction to entertain an application for an order of protection made by a married woman, who lives with her husband, against a boyfriend with whom she has an intermittent sexual relationship. We hold that it was the intent of the Legislature to include ‘ ‘boyfriend/girlfriend’ ’ relationships within the plain terms of the recently revised Family Ct Act § 812 (1) (e) and, accordingly, Family Court should not have dismissed the petition on public policy grounds.
Petitioner, who resided…
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