The New Jersey Appellate Division held yesterday that an “ordinary domestic contretemps” did not rise to the level of harassment required for imposition of a domestic violence restraining order. In E.D. v. P.D. the trial court had entered a restraining order where the ex-husband had repeatedly made belligerent telephone calls to his ex-wife at work, repeated called her names and gave her a “one-finger salute.” The Appellate Division held that these actions were not at a level the Legislature intended to designate as domestic violence.
C. Megan Oltman, Esq.
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