West Virginia Code
Article 26. Domestic Violence Act
§48-26-210. Intimate Partner Defined

"Intimate partner" means a current or former spouse, a person with whom one shares a child in common, a person with whom one is cohabiting or has cohabited, or a person with whom one is or has been in a relationship of a romantic or intimate nature.

Structure West Virginia Code

West Virginia Code

Chapter 48. Domestic Relations

Article 26. Domestic Violence Act

§48-26-101. Title

§48-26-201. Applicability of Definitions

§48-26-202. Advocacy Defined

§48-26-203. Batterer Intervention and Prevention Program Defined

§48-26-204. Board Defined

§48-26-205. Closure Defined

§48-26-206. Department Defined

§48-26-207. Domestic Violence Legal Services Fund Defined

§48-26-208. Domestic Violence Program Defined

§48-26-209. Family Protection Fund Defined

§48-26-210. Intimate Partner Defined

§48-26-211. Licenses Defined

§48-26-212. Monitored Parenting and Exchange Defined

§48-26-213. Outreach Defined

§48-26-214. Shelter Defined

§48-26-301. Family Protection Services Board Continued; Terms

§48-26-401. Powers and Duties of Board

§48-26-402. Requirements, Qualifications and Terms of Licensure; Collaboration to Assist Programs

§48-26-403. Legislative Rules

§48-26-406. Closure of Programs

§48-26-407. Domestic Violence Shelters Not in Violation of Zoning Rules and Resolutions as to Use

§48-26-408. Hearing Procedures; Judicial Review

§48-26-501. Development of State Public Health Plan for Reducing Domestic Violence

§48-26-502. Notice of Victims' Rights, Remedies and Available Services; Required Information

§48-26-503. Standards, Procedures and Curricula

§48-26-603. Domestic Violence Legal Services Fund

§48-26-604. Annual Reports of Licensed Programs

§48-26-701. Confidentiality

§48-26-801. Continuing Education for Certain State Employees

§48-26-802. Continuing Education for Law-Enforcement Officers Concerning Domestic Violence

§48-26-803. Judicial Education on Domestic Violence

§48-26-804. Required Curricula for Public Education System

§48-26-805. Continuing Education for School Personnel Who Are Required to Report Child Abuse and Neglect

§48-26-1001. Court Orders; Use of Monitored Parenting and Exchange Programs Without Court Order

§48-26-1002. Exclusions

§48-26-1004. Contract by Persons Using Program

§48-26-1101. Referral to Shelters