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403.720 Definitions for KRS 403.715 to 403.785. (Effective January 1, 2016)
As used in KRS 403.715 to 403.785:
(1) "Domestic violence and abuse" means physical injury, serious physical injury,
stalking, 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 grandchild, 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) "Foreign protective order" means any judgment, decree, or order of protection
which is entitled to full faith and credit pursuant to 18 U.S.C. sec. 2265 that was
issued on the basis of domestic violence and abuse;
(4) "Global positioning monitoring system" means a system that electronically
determines a person's location through a device worn by the person which
does not invade his or her bodily integrity and which transmits the person's
latitude and longitude data to a monitoring entity;
(5) "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;
(6) "Order of protection" means an emergency protective order or a domestic
violence order and includes a foreign protective order; and
(7) "Substantial violation" means criminal conduct which involves actual or
threatened harm to the person, family, or property of an individual protected by
an order of protection.
Effective:January 1, 2016
History: Amended 2015 Ky. Acts ch. 102, sec. 2, effective January 1, 2016. -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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