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Q: Who can be charged with domestic violence battery?
A:
Florida law clearly defines who can face criminal charges for a domestic violence charge. The term “Domestic Violence” only defines the relationship of the people involved. The relationship must be in the form of one family member committing a crime against another family member or a person with whom he or she is in a dating relationship.
Florida law defines Family to mean “spouses, former spouses, persons 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 are parents of a child in common regardless of whether they have been married. With the exception of persons who have a child in common, the family or household members must be currently residing or have in the past resided together in the same single dwelling unit.” This encompassing definition leaves very little guesswork in determining if something is domestic violence related.
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