Statutes | Kenaitze Indian Domestic Relations Code Chapter 6 ยง 1 | 2020
"Domestic Violence" means assault, threats of violence, or physical, sexual, or mental abuse of a person when the victim is a spouse, a former spouse, an extended family member, a boyfriend or girlfriend, or any other person who has been an intimate partner, a member of the social unit made up of those living together in the same dwelling as the victim or perpetrator, or a caretaker.
"Petitioner" shall be the person who actually files a petition to the tribal court requesting a Protection Order.
"Respondent" shall be the perpetrator of domestic violence.
"Parties" shall be the Petitioner, the victim if other than the Petitioner, and the Respondent.
"Stalking" is when a person engages in more than one act of non-consensual contact with a victim and such contact places that person in fear of death or physical injury or in fear of death or physical injury of a family member. "Contact" could include, but is not limited to, following a person, approaching a person in public, going to a persons place of employment, telephoning a person and sending mail or electronic communication to a person.