19-13-1
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19-13-1.
As
used in this article, the term 'family violence' means the occurrence of one or
more of the following acts between past or present spouses, persons who are
parents of the same child, parents and children, stepparents and stepchildren,
foster parents and foster children, or other persons living or formerly living
in the same household:
(1)
Any felony; or
(2)
Commission of offenses of battery, simple battery, simple assault, assault,
stalking, criminal damage to property, unlawful restraint, or criminal trespass.
The
term 'family violence' shall not be deemed to include reasonable discipline
administered by a parent to a child in the form of corporal punishment,
restraint, or detention.