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403.720 Definitions for KRS 403.715 to 403.785.
As used in KRS 403.715 to 403.785:
(1) "Domestic violence and abuse" means physical injury, serious physical injury,
sexual abuse, assault, or the infliction of fear of imminent physical injury,
serious physical injury, sexual abuse, or assault between family members or
members of an unmarried couple;
(2) "Family member" means a spouse, including a former spouse, a grandparent,
a parent, a child, a stepchild, or any other person living in the same household
as a child if the child is the alleged victim;
(3) "Global positioning monitoring system" means a system that electronically
determines a person's location through global positioning satellite technology,
radio frequency technology, or a combination thereof and reports the location
of an individual through the use of a transmitter or similar device worn by that
individual and that transmits latitude and longitude data to a monitoring entity.
The term does not include any system that contains or operates global
positioning system technology, or any other similar technology, that is
implanted or otherwise invades or violates the individual's body; and
(4) "Member of an unmarried couple" means each member of an unmarried
couple which allegedly has a child in common, any children of that couple, or a
member of an unmarried couple who are living together or have formerly lived
together.
Effective:July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 170, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2010. -Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 172, sec. 2, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended
1988 Ky. Acts ch. 258, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1988. -- Created 1984 Ky. Acts
ch. 152, sec. 2, effective July 13, 1984.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/2010). 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 170,
sec. 20, provides that the amendments made to KRS 15.334, 403.720, 403.735,
403.740, 403.750, 431.005, 431.517, 431.518, 431.520, 533.030, and 533.250
and the creation of KRS 67.372, 67.374, 403.741, 403.743, 403.747, 403.761,
403.762, and 511.085 in that Act shall be known as the "Amanda Ross
Domestic Violence Prevention Act."
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