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9-15-216. Mutual orders of protection — Separate orders of protection.
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9-15-216. Mutual orders of protection — Separate orders of protection.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a circuit court shall not grant a mutual order of protection to opposing parties.
(b) Separate orders of protection restraining each opposing party may only be granted in cases in which each party:
(1) Has properly filed and served a petition for an order of protection;
(2) Has committed domestic abuse as defined in § 9-15-103;
(3) Poses a risk of violence to the other; and
(4) Has otherwise satisfied all prerequisites for the type of order and remedies sought.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 9-15-216
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9-15-216. Mutual orders of protection — Separate orders of protection.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a circuit court shall not grant a mutual order of protection to opposing parties.
(b) Separate orders of protection restraining each opposing party may only be granted in cases in which each party:
(1) Has properly filed and served a petition for an order of protection;
(2) Has committed domestic abuse as defined in § 9-15-103;
(3) Poses a risk of violence to the other; and
(4) Has otherwise satisfied all prerequisites for the type of order and remedies sought.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
9-15-103. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Commercial mobile radio service” means commercial mobile service as defined in 47 U.S.C. § 332;
(2) “County where the petitioner resides” means the county in which the petitioner physically resides at the time the petition is filed and may include a county where the petitioner is located for a short-term stay in a domestic violence shelter;
(3)(A) “Dating relationship” means a romantic or intimate social relationship between two (2) individuals that shall be determined by examining the following factors:
(i) The length of the relationship;
(ii) The type of the relationship; and
(iii) The frequency of interaction between the two (2) individuals involved in the relationship.
(B) “Dating relationship” does not include a casual relationship or ordinary fraternization between two (2) individuals in a business or social context;
(4) “Domestic abuse” means:
(A) Physical harm, bodily injury, assault, or the infliction of fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury, or assault between family or household members; or
(B) Any sexual conduct between family or household members, whether minors or adults, that constitutes a crime under the laws of this state;
(5) “Family or household members” means spouses, former spouses, parents and children, persons related by blood within the fourth degree of consanguinity, in-laws, any children residing in the household, persons who presently or in the past have resided or cohabited together, persons who have or have had a child in common, and persons who are presently or in the past have been in a dating relationship together;
(6) “In-laws” means persons related by marriage within the second degree of consanguinity; and
(7) “Wireless telephone service provider” m
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 9-15-103
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 9-15-103. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.