| 12 | 13 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 |
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| 13 | 14 | | AN ACT TO ENSURE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROTECTIVE ORDER S ARE AVAILABLE 2 |
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| 14 | 15 | | FOR SAME-SEX COUPLES. 3 |
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| 15 | 16 | | The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4 |
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| 16 | 17 | | SECTION 1. G.S. 50B-1(b) reads as rewritten: 5 |
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| 17 | 18 | | "(b) For purposes of this section, the term "personal relationship" means a relationship 6 |
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| 18 | 19 | | wherein the parties involved:involved either: 7 |
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| 19 | 20 | | (1) Are current or former spouses;spouses. 8 |
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| 20 | 21 | | (2) Are persons of opposite sex who live together or have lived together;together. 9 |
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| 21 | 22 | | (3) Are related as parents and children, including others acting in loco parentis to 10 |
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| 22 | 23 | | a minor child, or as grandparents and grandchildren. For purposes of this 11 |
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| 23 | 24 | | subdivision, an aggrieved party may not obtain an order of protection against 12 |
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| 24 | 25 | | a child or grandchild under the age of 16;16. 13 |
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| 25 | 26 | | (4) Have a child in common;common. 14 |
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| 26 | 27 | | (5) Are current or former household members;members. 15 |
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| 27 | 28 | | (6) Are persons of the opposite sex who are in a dating relationship or have been 16 |
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| 28 | 29 | | in a dating relationship. For purposes of this subdivision, a dating relationship 17 |
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| 29 | 30 | | is one wherein the parties are romantically involved over time and on a 18 |
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| 30 | 31 | | continuous basis during the course of the relationship. A casual acquaintance 19 |
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| 31 | 32 | | or ordinary fraternization between persons in a business or social context is 20 |
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| 32 | 33 | | not a dating relationship." 21 |
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| 33 | 34 | | SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to domestic 22 |
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| 34 | 35 | | violence protective orders issued on or after that date. 23 |
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