Coercive Financial Control Starting to Take a Foothold in Domestic Violence Cases

About a month ago, I blogged about the first reported Appellate Division decision since the Domestic Violence statute was amended, to include consideration of coercive control when considering the need for a Final Restraining Order. On March 9, 2026, another unreported (non-precedential) decision gave some examples of coercive control that supported the finding of the need for a FRO, in the case of H.T.H. v.