; and (ff) any other individual who is related by blood or affinity and whose association with the employee is equivalent of a family relationship. (II) Serious health condition The term serious health condition has the meaning given such term in section 101(11) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ( 29 U.S.C. 2611(11) ). (iii) Other definitions For purposes of clause (i)(IV): (I) Child The term child means, regardless of age, a biological, foster, or adopted child, a stepchild, a child of a domestic partner, a legal ward, or a child of a person standing in loco parentis. (II) Domestic partner (aa) In general The term domestic partner , with respect to an individual, means another individual with whom the individual is in a committed relationship. (bb) Committed relationship defined The term committed relationship means a relationship between 2 individuals, each at least 18 years of age, in which each individual is the other individual’s sole domestic partner and both individuals share responsibility for a significant measure of each other’s common welfare. The term includes any such relationship between 2 individuals, including individuals of the same sex, that is granted legal recognition by a State or political subdivision of a State as a marriage or analogous relationship, including a civil union or domestic partnership. (III) Domestic violence The term domestic violence has the meaning given the term in section 40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 ( 34 U.S.C. 12291(a) ), except that the reference in such section to the term jurisdiction receiving grant monies shall be deemed to mean the jurisdiction in which the victim lives or the jurisdiction in which the employer involved is located. Such term also includes dating violence , as that term is defined in such section. (IV) Parent The term parent means a biological, foster, or adoptive parent of an employee, a stepparent of an employee, parent-in-law, parent of a domestic partner, or a legal guardian or other person who stood in loco