JESSICA D. v. JEREMY H.

507338.

77 A.D.3d 87 (2010)

906 N.Y.S.2d 119

In the Matter of JESSICA D., Appellant, v. JEREMY H., Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department.

Decided June 24, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa A. Burgess , Indian Lake, for appellant.

Tracey A. Donovan Laughlin , Cherry Valley, for respondent.

CARDONA, P.J., SPAIN, KAVANAGH and GARRY, JJ., concur.


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...

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