Definitions

  1. Law
  2. Arkansas Code
  3. Family Law
  4. General Provisions
  5. Arkansas Domestic Violence Shelter Act
  6. Definitions

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As used in this chapter:

  1. (1) “Advocate” means an employee, supervisor, or administrator of a shelter;

  2. (2) “Dating relationship” means a romantic or intimate social relationship between two (2) individuals that is not a casual relationship or an ordinary fraternization in a business or social context and that is determined by examining the following factors:

    1. (A) The length of the relationship;

    2. (B) The nature of the relationship; and

    3. (C) The frequency of interaction between the two (2) individuals involved in the relationship;

  3. (3) “Domestic abuse” means:

    1. (A) Physical harm, bodily injury, or assault against an individual in a dating relationship by the other individual in the dating relationship or against a member of a family or household by another member of the family or household;

    2. (B) Mental harm caused by the infliction of fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury, or assault against an individual in a dating relationship by the other individual in the dating relationship or against a member of a family or household by another member of the family or household; or

    3. (C) Sexual conduct between family or household members or between individuals in a dating relationship, whether minors or adults, that constitutes a crime under the laws of this state;

  4. (4) “Family or household member” means a:

    1. (A) Spouse;

    2. (B) Former spouse;

    3. (C) Parent;

    4. (D) Child;

    5. (E) Person related to another family or household member by blood;

    6. (F) Person who cohabits with another family or household member or who cohabited in the past with another family or household member; and

    7. (G) Person who shares one (1) or more children in common with another person;

  5. (5) “Shelter” means an entity that:

    1. (A) Provides services, including food, housing, advice, counseling, and assistance to victims of domestic abuse and their minor dependent children in this state; and

    2. (B) Meets the program, fiscal, and training requirements of this chapter;

  6. (6) “Statewide domestic violence entity” means an entity that:

    1. (A) Provides all the required core and continuing education for statewide domestic violence shelters and programs;

    2. (B) Is governed by a board of directors that is made up of a majority of publicly funded statewide domestic violence shelter program directors;

    3. (C) Functions as the clearinghouse of domestic violence statistical data for Arkansas; and

    4. (D) Exclusively services domestic violence programs; and

  7. (7) “Volunteer” means a person who donates his or her time to provide services to victims at a shelter.


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