B.C. v. T.G.

No. FV-15-1033-13.

65 A.3d 281 (2013)

430 N.J. Super. 455

B.C., Plaintiff, v. T.G., Defendant.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Ocean County, Family Part.

Decided January 31, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jill Thiemann , Brick, for plaintiff (O'Malley, Surman & Michelini, attorneys).

T.G., defendant pro se.


L.R. JONES, J.S.C.

This case presents the following legal issue of first impression: When a victim of domestic violence is assaulted while pregnant, may the court enter a final restraining order which includes the victim's unborn child as an additional protected "person" under New Jersey's Prevention of Domestic Violence Act, N.J.S.A. 2C:25-17 to-35?1

Under New Jersey law, a fetus is not considered a person. Nonetheless...

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