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Any person who employs physical force or psychological abuse, intimidation, or persecution against his/her spouse, former spouse, or the person with whom he/she cohabits or has cohabited, or the person with whom he/she shares a child in common, regardless of the sex, civil status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or the immigrant status of the persons involved in the relationship, in order to cause physical harm to the person, the property held in esteem by him/her, except that which is privately owned by the offender, or to another person, or to cause serious emotional harm, shall be guilty of a fourth-degree felony in the upper end of the range.The court may impose the penalty of restitution besides the established penalty of imprisonment.History—Aug. 15, 1989, No. 54, p. 199, § 3.1; Sept. 23, 2004, No. 480, § 2; Dec. 28, 2005, No. 165, § 3; May 29, 2013, No. 23, § 4.