403.720 Definitions for KRS 403.715 to 403.785.

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As used in KRS 403.715 to 403.785:

(1)"Domestic animal" means a dog, cat, or other animal that is domesticated and kept

as a household pet, but does not include animals normally raised for agricultural or

commercial purposes;

(2)"Domestic violence and abuse" means:

(a)Physical injury, serious physical injury, stalking, sexual assault, strangulation,

assault, or the infliction of fear of imminent physical injury, serious physical

injury, sexual assault, strangulation, or assault between family members or

members of an unmarried couple; or

(b)Any conduct prohibited by KRS 525.125, 525.130, 525.135, or 525.137, or

the infliction of fear of such imminent conduct, taken against a domestic

animal when used as a method of coercion, control, punishment, intimidation,

or revenge directed against a family member or member of an unmarried

couple who has a close bond of affection to the domestic animal;

(3)"Family member" means a spouse, including a former spouse, a grandparent, a

grandchild, a parent, an adult sibling, a child, a stepchild, or any other person living

in the same household as a child if the child is the alleged victim;

(4)"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;

(5)"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)"Member of an unmarried couple" means each member of an unmarried couple

which allegedly has a child in common, any children of that couple, or a member of

an unmarried couple who are living together or have formerly lived together;

(7)"Order of protection" means an emergency protective order or a domestic violence

order and includes a foreign protective order;

(8)"Sexual assault" refers to conduct prohibited as any degree of rape, sodomy, or

sexual abuse under KRS Chapter 510 or incest under KRS 530.020, or a criminal

attempt, conspiracy, facilitation, or solicitation to commit rape, sodomy, sexual

abuse, or incest;

(9)"Strangulation" refers to conduct prohibited by KRS 508.170 and 508.175, or a

criminal attempt, conspiracy, facilitation, or solicitation to commit the crime of

strangulation; and

(10)"Substantial violation" means criminal conduct which involves actual or threatened

harm to the person, family, or property, including a domestic animal, of an

individual protected by an order of protection.