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July 14, 2020

403.720 Definitions for KRS 403.715 to 403.785

As used in KRS 403.715 to 403.785:

(1) “Domestic violence and abuse” means physical injury, serious physical injury, stalking, sexual abuse, strangulation, assault, or the infliction of fear of imminent physical injury, serious physical injury, sexual abuse, strangulation, or assault between family members or members of an unmarried couple;

(2) “Family member” means a spouse, including a former spouse, a grandparent, a grandchild, a parent, a child, a stepchild, or any other person living in the same household as a child if the child is the alleged victim;

(3) “Foreign protective order” means any judgment, decree, or order of protection which is entitled to full faith and credit pursuant to 18 U.S.C. sec. 2265 that was issued on the basis of domestic violence and abuse;

(4) “Global positioning monitoring system” means a system that electronically determines a person’s location through a device worn by the person which does not invade his or her bodily integrity and which transmits the person’s latitude and longitude data to a monitoring entity;


(6) “Order of protection” means an emergency protective order or a domestic violence order and includes a foreign protective order;

(7) “Strangulation” refers to conduct prohibited by KRS 508.170 and 508.175; and(8) “Substantial violation” means criminal conduct which involves actual or threatened harm to the person, family, or property of an individual protected by an order of protection.