Arkansas

Family Law

Section 9-6-102 – Definitions

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Advocate” means an employee, supervisor, or administrator of a shelter;

(2) “Dating relationship” means a romantic or intimate social relationship between two (2) individuals that is not a casual relationship or an ordinary fraternization in a business or social context and that is determined by examining the following factors:

(A) The length of the relationship;

(B) The nature of the relationship; and

(C) The frequency of interaction between the two (2) individuals involved in the relationship;

(3) “Domestic abuse” means:

(A) Physical harm, bodily injury, or assault against an individual in a dating relationship by the other individual in the dating relationship or against a member of a family or household by another member of the family or household;

(B) Mental harm caused by the infliction of fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury, or assault against an individual in a dating relationship by the other individual in the dating relationship or against a member of a family or household by another member of the family or household; or

(C) Sexual conduct between family or household members or between individuals in a dating relationship, whether minors or adults, that constitutes a crime under the laws of this state;

(4) “Family or household member” means a:

(A) Spouse;

(B) Former spouse;

(C) Parent;

(D) Child;

(E) Person related to another family or household member by blood;

(F) Person who cohabits with another family or household member or who cohabited in the past with another family or household member; and

(G) Person who shares one (1) or more children in common with another person;

(5) “Shelter” means an entity that:

(A) Provides services, including food, housing, advice, counseling, and assistance to victims of domestic abuse and their minor dependent children in this state; and

(B) Meets the program, fiscal, and training requirements of this chapter;

(6) “Statewide domestic violence entity” means an entity that:

(A) Provides all the required core and continuing education for statewide domestic violence shelters and programs;

(B) Is governed by a board of directors that is made up of a majority of publicly funded statewide domestic violence shelter program directors;

(C) Functions as the clearinghouse of domestic violence statistical data for Arkansas; and

(D) Exclusively services domestic violence programs; and

(7) “Volunteer” means a person who donates his or her time to provide services to victims at a shelter.

Ark. Code § 9-6-102

Added by Act 2017, No. 583,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017

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