Married Woman Can Seek Protection Order Against Boyfriend, Says Court
A woman may be granted a civil order of protection against her "on-again, off-again" boyfriend for abusive behavior even though she has continued to live most of the time with her husband and daughter, a New York state appeals court has decided. A 2008 statute that "radically" expanded state law to apply to people in "intimate" relations with non-relatives was also designed to try to preserve family units whenever possible by protecting members from abuse, the panel ruled.
