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415.602  Definitions of terms used in ss. 415.601-415.608.--As used in ss. 415.601-415.608, the term:

(1)  "Department" means the Department of Children and Family Services.

(2)  "District" means a service district of the department as created in s. 20.19.

(3)  "Domestic violence" means any assault, battery, sexual assault, sexual battery, or any criminal offense resulting in physical injury or death of one family or household member by another who is or was residing in the same single dwelling unit.

(4)  "Domestic violence center" means an agency that provides services to victims of domestic violence, as its primary mission.

(5)  "Family or household member" means spouses, former spouses, adults related by blood or marriage, persons who are presently residing together as if a family or who have resided together in the past as if a family, and persons who have a child in common regardless of whether they have been married or have resided together at any time.

History.--s. 2, ch. 78-281; s. 2, ch. 79-402; s. 1, ch. 82-135; s. 71, ch. 83-218; s. 1, ch. 84-128; s. 2, ch. 84-343; s. 17, ch. 92-58; s. 19, ch. 93-200; s. 30, ch. 94-134; s. 30, ch. 94-135; s. 137, ch. 97-101.

Note.--Former s. 409.602.