Source: https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/12/178/05131
Timestamp: 2019-08-24 22:02:47
Document Index: 383287927

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 5131', '§ 2601', '§ 2602', '§ 3252', '§ 3253', '§ 2822', '§ 2823', '§ 1', '§ 2', '§ 2']

(Cite as: 12 V.S.A. § 5131)
(1)(A) "Course of conduct" means two or more acts over a period of time, however short, in which a person follows, monitors, surveils, threatens, or makes threats about another person, or interferes with another person's property. This definition shall apply to acts conducted by the person directly or indirectly, and by any action, method, device, or means. Constitutionally protected activity is not included within the meaning of "course of conduct."
(3) "Nonphysical contact" includes telephone calls, mail, e-mail, social media commentary or comment, or other electronic communication, fax, and written notes.
(4) "Reasonable person" means a reasonable person in the victim's circumstances.
(5) "Sexually assaulted the plaintiff" means that the defendant engaged in conduct that meets elements of lewd and lascivious conduct as defined in 13 V.S.A. § 2601, lewd and lascivious conduct with a child as defined in 13 V.S.A. § 2602, sexual assault as defined in 13 V.S.A. § 3252, aggravated sexual assault as defined in 13 V.S.A. § 3253, use of a child in a sexual performance as defined in 13 V.S.A. § 2822, or consenting to a sexual performance as defined in 13 V.S.A. § 2823, and that the plaintiff was the victim of the offense.
(6) "Stalk" means to engage purposefully in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that the person engaging in the conduct knows or should know would cause a reasonable person to:
(8) [Repealed.] (Added 2005, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2006; amended 2007, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2015, No. 162 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)