Arkansas § 9-6-102 Definitions

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§ 9-6-102 — Definitions

Arkansas § 9-6-102

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Ark. Code Ann. § 9-6-102 (2026).

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As used in this chapter:

(1)"Advocate" means an employee, supervisor, or administrator of a shelter;

(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:

(A)The length of the relationship;

(B)The nature of the relationship; and (C) The frequency of interaction between the two (2) individuals involved in the relationship;

(3)"Domestic abuse" means:

(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;

(B)Men

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As used in this chapter: (1) "Advocate" means an employee, supervisor, or administrator of a shelter; (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: (A) The length of the relationship; (B) The nature of the relationship; and (C) The frequency of interaction between the two (2) individuals involved in the relationship; (3) "Domestic abuse" means: (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; (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 (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) "Family or household member" means a: (A) Spouse; (B) Former spouse; (C) Parent; (D) Child; (E) Person related to another family or household member by blood; (F) Person who cohabits with another family or household member or who cohabited in the past with another family or household member; and (G) Person who shares one (1) or more children in common with another person; (5) "Shelter" means an entity that: (A) Provides services, including food, housing, advice, counseling, and assistance to victims of domestic abuse and their minor dependent children in this state; and (B) Meets the program, fiscal, and training requirements of this chapter; (6) "Statewide domestic violence entity" means an entity that: (A) Provides all the required core and continuing education for statewide domestic violence shelters and programs; (B) Is governed by a board of directors that is made up of a majority of publicly funded statewide domestic violence shelter program directors; (C) Functions as the clearinghouse of domestic violence statistical data for Arkansas; and (D) Exclusively services domestic violence programs; and (7) "Volunteer" means a person who donates his or her time to provide services to victims at a shelter.