You or your minor child or a minor child legally in your care, must have suffered domestic abuse from a person (the defendant), and you must be one of the following:
- Married to or divorced from the defendant,
- Separated from the defendant,
- Adult relatives living together,
- Living together,
- Have lived together within one year of the assault, but not at the time of the assault,
- Parents of the same minor child or children under age 18,
- In an intimate or romantic relationship (the relationship does not have to be a sexual relationship), or
- Have been in an intimate relationship and have had contact within one year of the assault.