O.H. v. T.E.H.

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SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. A-2656-24 O.H.,1 Plaintiff-Appellant, v. T.E.H., Defendant-Respondent. ________________________ Submitted January 13, 2026 – Decided March 19, 2026 Before Judges Rose and Torregrossa-O'Connor.

On appeal from the Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Family Part, Camden County, Docket No. FV-04-0556-25.

Einhorn, Barbarito, Frost, Botwinick, Nunn & Musmanno, PC, attorneys for appellant (Matheu D.

Nunn and Jessie M. Mills, on the brief).

Respondent has not filed a brief.

PER CURIAM

We use initials to protect the parties' privacy. R. 1:38-3(d)(12).

Plaintiff O.H. appeals from the January 1, 2025 Family Part order denying his request for counsel fees following a hearing in which he prevailed in securing a final restraining order (FRO) against defendant T.E.H. under the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act, N.J.S.A. 2C:25-17 to -35. See N.J.S.A. 2C:25- 29(b)(4). Simultaneously with the filing of this opinion, we are filing our related opinion in A-1475-24, vacating the FRO and remanding for a new hearing.

Because the challenged fee determination in the present matter flowed from the FRO we now vacate, plaintiff's application for counsel fees is rendered moot. "An issue is 'moot when our decision sought in a matter, when rendered, can have no practical effect on the existing controversy.'" Redd v. Bowman, 223 N.J. 87, 104 (2015) (quoting Deutsche Bank Nat'l Tr. Co. v. Mitchell, 422 N.J. Super. 214, 221-22 (App. Div. 2011)).

Dismissed as moot.

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