As used in this chapter:(1) 'Commercial mobile radio service' means commercial mobile service as defined in 47 U.S.C. § 332;(2) 'County where the petitioner resides' means the county in which the petitioner physically resides at the time the petition is filed and may include a county where the petitioner is located for a short-term stay in a domestic violence shelter;(3)(A) 'Dating relationship' means a romantic or intimate social relationship between two (2) individuals that shall be determined by examining the following factors:(i) The length of the relationship;(ii) The type of the relationship; and(iii) The frequency of interaction between the two (2) individuals involved in the relationship.(B) 'Dating relationship' does not include a casual relationship or ordinary fraternization between two (2) individuals in a business or social context;(4) 'Domestic abuse' means:(A) Physical harm, bodily injury, assault, or the infliction of fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury, or assault between family or household members; or(B) Any sexual conduct between family or household members, whether minors or adults, that constitutes a crime under the laws of this state;(5) 'Family or sault between family or household members; or(B) Any sexual conduct between family or household members, whether minors or adults, that constitutes a crime under the laws of this state;(5) 'Family or household members' means spouses, former spouses, parents and children, persons related by blood within the fourth degree of consanguinity, in-laws, any children residing in the household, persons who presently or in the past have resided or cohabited together, persons who have or have had a child in common, and persons who are presently or in the past have been in a dating relationship together;(6) 'In-laws' means persons related by marriage within the second degree of consanguinity; and(7) 'Wireless telephone service provider' means a commercial mobile radio service provider or reseller.Amended by Act 2017, No. 577,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017Amended by Act 2015, No. 701,§ 2, eff. 7/22/2015Amended by Act 2015, No. 701,§ 1, eff. 7/22/2015Acts 1991, No. 266, § 2; 1999, No. 1551, § 1; 2001, No. 1678, § 1; 2005, No. 1676, § 1; 2005, No. 1875, § 1; 2009, No. 698, § 1
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