According to the law in Texas, there are three types of domestic violence, which are:
1) Domestic Assault: A violent act that can be as little as a verbal threat against anybody who has an intimate relationship (must be proven in court) with the assailant.
2) Aggravated domestic assault: Committing an act of violence that results in serious bodily injuries, getting caught during assault using a deadly weapon, or threatening to use a deadly weapon.
3) Continuous violence against a family member: When the assailant has a previous record of two or more domestic violence incidents, even if they were just arrests with no convictions.