{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-9-6-102","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 9-6-102","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this chapter: (1) \"Advocate\" means an employee, supervisor, or administrator of a shelter; (2) \"Dating relationship\" means a romantic or intimate social relationship between two (2) individuals that is not a casual relationship or an ordinary fraternization in a business or social context and that is determined by examining the following factors: (A) The length of the relationship; (B) The nature of the relationship; and (C) The frequency of interaction between the two (2) individuals involved in the relationship; (3) \"Domestic abuse\" means: (A) Physical harm, bodily injury, or assault against an individual in a dating relationship by the other individual in the dating relationship or against a member of a family or household by another member of the family or household; (B) Mental harm caused by the infliction of fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury, or assault against an individual in a dating relationship by the other individual in the dating relationship or against a member of a family or household by another member of the family or household; or (C) Sexual conduct between family or household members or between individuals in a dating relationship, whether minors or adults, that constitutes a crime under the laws of this state; (4) \"Family or household member\" means a: (A) Spouse; (B) Former spouse; (C) Parent; (D) Child; (E) Person related to another family or household member by blood; (F) Person who cohabits with another family or household member or who cohabited in the past with another family or household member; and (G) Person who shares one (1) or more children in common with another person; (5) \"Shelter\" means an entity that: (A) Provides services, including food, housing, advice, counseling, and assistance to victims of domestic abuse and their minor dependent children in this state; and (B) Meets the program, fiscal, and training requirements of this chapter; (6) \"Statewide domestic violence entity\" means an entity that: (A) Provides all the required core and continuing education for statewide domestic violence shelters and programs; (B) Is governed by a board of directors that is made up of a majority of publicly funded statewide domestic violence shelter program directors; (C) Functions as the clearinghouse of domestic violence statistical data for Arkansas; and (D) Exclusively services domestic violence programs; and (7) \"Volunteer\" means a person who donates his or her time to provide services to victims at a shelter. Added by Act 2017, No. 583,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017\n\nAs used in this chapter:\n\n(1) \"Advocate\" means an employee, supervisor, or administrator of a shelter;\n\n(2) \"Dating relationship\" means a romantic or intimate social relationship between two (2) individuals that is not a casual relationship or an ordinary fraternization in a business or social context and that is determined by examining the following factors: (A) The length of the relationship; (B) The nature of the relationship; and (C) The frequency of interaction between the two (2) individuals involved in the relationship;\n\n(A) The length of the relationship;\n\n(B) The nature of the relationship; and\n\n(C) The frequency of interaction between the two (2) individuals involved in the relationship;\nthat is determined by examining the following factors: (A) The length of the relationship; (B) The nature of the relationship; and (C) The frequency of interaction between the two (2) individuals involved in the relationship;\n\n(A) The length of the relationship;\n\n(B) The nature of the relationship; and\n\n(C) The frequency of interaction between the two (2) individuals involved in the relationship;\n\n(3) \"Domestic abuse\" means: (A) Physical harm, bodily injury, or assault against an individual in a dating relationship by the other individual in the dating relationship or against a member of a family or household by another member of the family or household; (B) Mental harm caused by the infliction of fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury, or assault against an individual in a dating relationship by the other individual in the dating relationship or against a member of a family or household by another member of the family or household; or (C) Sexual conduct between family or household members or between individuals in a dating relationship, whether minors or adults, that constitutes a crime under the laws of this state;\n\n(A) Physical harm, bodily injury, or assault against an individual in a dating relationship by the other individual in the dating relationship or against a member of a family or household by another member of the family or household;\n\n(B) Mental harm caused by the infliction of fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury, or assault against an individual in a dating relationship by the other individual in the dating relationship or against a member of a family or household by another member of the family or household; or\n\n(C) Sexual conduct between family or household members or between individuals in a dating relationship, whether minors or adults, that constitutes a crime under the laws of this state;\n\n(4) \"Family or household member\" means a: (A) Spouse; (B) Former spouse; (C) Parent; (D) Child; (E) Person related to another family or household member by blood; (F) Person who cohabits with another family or household member or who cohabited in the past with another family or household member; and (G) Person who shares one (1) or more children in common with another person;\n\n(A) Spouse;\n\n(B) Former spouse;\n\n(C) Parent;\n\n(D) Child;\n\n(E) Person related to another family or household member by blood;\n\n(F) Person who cohabits with another family or household member or who cohabited in the past with another family or household member; and\n\n(G) Person who shares one (1) or more children in common with another person;\n\n(5) \"Shelter\" means an entity that: (A) Provides services, including food, housing, advice, counseling, and assistance to victims of domestic abuse and their minor dependent children in this state; and (B) Meets the program, fiscal, and training requirements of this chapter;\n\n(A) Provides services, including food, housing, advice, counseling, and assistance to victims of domestic abuse and their minor dependent children in this state; and\n\n(B) Meets the program, fiscal, and training requirements of this chapter;\n\n(6) \"Statewide domestic violence entity\" means an entity that: (A) Provides all the required core and continuing education for statewide domestic violence shelters and programs; (B) Is governed by a board of directors that is made up of a majority of publicly funded statewide domestic violence shelter program directors; (C) Functions as the clearinghouse of domestic violence statistical data for Arkansas; and (D) Exclusively services domestic violence programs; and\n\n(A) Provides all the required core and continuing education for statewide domestic violence shelters and programs;\n\n(B) Is governed by a board of directors that is made up of a majority of publicly funded statewide domestic violence shelter program directors;\n\n(C) Functions as the clearinghouse of domestic violence statistical data for Arkansas; and\n\n(D) Exclusively services domestic violence programs; and\ndes all the required core and continuing education for statewide domestic violence shelters and programs;\n\n(B) Is governed by a board of directors that is made up of a majority of publicly funded statewide domestic violence shelter program directors;\n\n(C) Functions as the clearinghouse of domestic violence statistical data for Arkansas; and\n\n(D) Exclusively services domestic violence programs; and\n\n(7) \"Volunteer\" means a person who donates his or her time to provide services to victims at a shelter.","path":["AR Code","Title 9","Chapter 6"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"1011bec30ba6d5939c170cdc9639909930cfd46d188a2c350caf7d1197479cfd","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-9-6-101","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-9-6-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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