19-13-20
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19-13-20.
As
used in this article, the term:
(1)
'Department' means the Department of Human Resources.
(2)
'Family or household members' means spouses, parents and children, or other
persons related by consanguinity or affinity and occupying a common domicile.
(3)
'Family violence' means the occurrence of one of the following acts between
family or household members who reside together:
(A)
Attempting to cause or causing bodily injury or serious bodily injury with or
without a deadly weapon; or
(B)
By physical menace, placing another in fear of imminent serious bodily injury.
(4)
'Family violence program' means any program whose primary stated purpose is to
provide services to victims of family violence. A family violence program may be
but is not required to be associated with a family violence shelter.
(5)
'Family violence shelter' means a facility approved by the department for the
purpose of receiving, on a temporary basis, persons who are subject to family
violence. Family violence shelters are distinguished from shelters operated for
detention or placement of children only, as provided in subsection (a) of Code
Section 15-11-48.