Opinion ID: 1722627
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Heading: Requirements for Use.

Text: (A) Domestic Violence. Any person may file a petition for an injunction for protection against domestic violence if they certify under oath that (i) the party filing the injunction and the party against whom the injunction is sought are 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, or persons who have a child in common regardless of whether they have been married or have resided together at any time; (ii) the party filing the petition was the victim of, or has reasonable cause to believe he or she is in imminent danger of becoming the victim of an assault, aggravated assault, battery, aggravated battery, sexual assault, sexual battery, stalking, aggravated stalking, kidnapping, false imprisonment, or any criminal offense resulting in physical injury or death perpetrated by the party against whom the injunction is sought; and (iii) the specific facts and circumstances upon the basis of which relief is sought are true. (B) Repeat Violence. Any person may file a petition for an injunction for protection against repeat violence if they certify under oath that (i) two incidents of violence, defined as any assault, battery, sexual battery or stalking, one of which must have occurred within 6 months of the filing of the petition, have been committed by the person against whom the injunction is sought against the petitioner or the petitioner's immediate family member; and (ii) the specific facts and circumstances upon the basis of which relief is sought are true.