71-3414. Terms, defined.

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For purposes of the Domestic Abuse Death Review Act:

(1)Associated victim means a family or household member of the decedent victim who also experienced abuse committed by the perpetrator;

(2)Decedent victim means a person who died by homicide or suicide as a result of domestic abuse;

(3)Domestic abuse means abuse as defined in section 42-903 ;

(4)Domestic abuse death means:

(a)A homicide that involves, or is a result of, domestic abuse;

(b)The death of a decedent victim who was a member of a law enforcement agency, emergency medical service, or other agency responding to a domestic abuse incident;

(c)The death of a decedent victim who was responding to a domestic abuse incident; or

(d)A suicide of a decedent victim if there are circumstances indicating the suicide involved, or was the result of, domestic abuse within two years prior to the suicide, including:

(i)The decedent victim had applied for or received a protection order against the perpetrator within two years prior to the suicide;

(ii)the decedent victim had received counseling, treatment, or sought other supportive services as a result of the domestic abuse within two years prior to the suicide; or

(iii)the decedent victim had reported domestic abuse to law enforcement within two years prior to the suicide;

(5)Family or household member has the same meaning as in section 42-903 ;

(6)Investigation means a domestic abuse death investigation as described in section 71-3415 ;

(7)Law enforcement agency means the police department or town marshal in incorporated municipalities, the office of the county sheriff, and the Nebraska State Patrol;

(8)Perpetrator means the person who has been the predominant aggressor of domestic abuse;

(9)Survivor of domestic abuse means a person who is a current or prior victim of domestic abuse; and

(10)Team means the State Domestic Abuse Death Review Team as provided in section 71-3416 .