Dey v. Varone

756 A.2d 652 (1999)

333 N.J. Super. 616

Kimberley DEY, Plaintiff,

v.

Timothy J. VARONE, Defendant.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Monmouth County.

Decided May 1, 2000.

Michael Lettieri, Atlantic Highlands, for plaintiff.

Furman, Jennings & Wolff (Henry F. Wolff, III, Middletown, for defendant).

FISHER, P.J.Ch.

This action—in which the unmarried parties assert rights to property acquired during their relationship—raises a commonly misunderstood venue problem. Because the parties, although unmarried and without children, were undoubtedly in a "family" or "family-type" relationship,…