Terms used: family relationship and family member
4 Terms used: family relationship and family member
In this Act —
family relationship means a relationship between 2 persons —
who are, or were, married to each other; or
who are, or were, in a de facto relationship with each other; or
who are, or were, related to each other; or
one of whom is a child who —
ordinarily resides, or resided, with the other person; or
regularly resides or stays, or resided or stayed, with the other person;
or
one of whom is, or was, a child of whom the other person is a guardian; or
who have, or had, an intimate personal relationship, or other personal relationship, with each other; or
one of whom is the former spouse or former de facto partner of the other person’s current spouse or current de facto partner.
In subsection (1) —
other personal relationship means a personal relationship of a domestic nature in which the lives of the persons are, or were, interrelated and the actions of one person affects, or affected, the other person;
related, in relation to a person, means a person who —
is related to that person taking into consideration the cultural, social or religious backgrounds of the 2 persons; or
is related to the person’s —
spouse or former spouse; or
de facto partner or former de facto partner.
In this Act a person is a family member of another person if the persons are in a family relationship.
[Section 4 inserted: No. 38 of 2004 s. 6; amended: No. 49 of 2016 s. 6; No. 30 of 2020 s. 53.]
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