Title 19, Chapter 13, Section 20
( 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. |