Expands the domestic violence statutes to encompass minors aged 16 and older.

This bill expands New Jersey's domestic violence protections to include minors aged 16 and older, allowing them to be both victims and defendants under the state's domestic violence statutes. The key provision amends existing laws to define "victim of domestic violence" to include anyone 16 or older, while maintaining that acts by unemancipated minors under 16 do not constitute domestic violence. Under this change, individuals aged 16 and up could seek restraining orders against abusive partners, and those same individuals could be subject to such orders if they commit domestic violence against others. The law applies retroactively to all acts of domestic violence committed on or after the effective date.