Abuse committed against an adult or a minor who is a spouse, former spouse, cohabitant, former cohabitant, or person with whom the suspect has had a child or is having or has had dating or engagement relationship. Co-habitants are two un-related adult persons. It often involves a pattern of abusive behavior that is used by one partner towards another (current or former boyfriend/girlfriend, spouse, fiancé, dating partner, child in common) in order to gain or maintain power and control over another intimate partner. Domestic violence can be physical, sexual, emotional, financial, or psychological actions or threats of actions that influence another person.