Coleman v. Romano

OSTRER, J.S.C.

This is the court’s decision, after an evidentiary hearing, on defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiffs domestic violence complaint for lack of jurisdiction. The motion requires the court to determine whether the plaintiff Katherine Coleman, and her adult daughter, defendant Katherine Romano, are “former household members” under the statute, N.J.S.A. 2C:25-19(d), notwithstanding that they have not lived in the same house for almost thirty years. Based on their continuing, entangled relationship, the court finds that they are “former household members.”

Procedural History.

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