Practice point: Pursuant to Family Court Act § 812(1), the Family Court's jurisdiction in family offense proceedings is limited to certain prescribed acts that occur "between spouses or former spouses, or between parent and child or between members of the same family or household."
Pursuant to the statute, "members of the same family or household" include, among others, "persons who are not related by consanguinity or affinity and who are or have been in an intimate relationship regardless of whether such persons have lived together at any time." (
Student note: Family Court is a court of limited jurisdiction, constrained to
exercise only those powers conferred upon it by the New York
Constitution or by statute.
Case: Matter of Cambre v. Kirton, NY Slip 06242 (2d Dept. 2015)
Here is the decision.
Tomorrow's issue: A failed motion to dismiss the defense of undue influence.
