BILL NUMBER: AB 362	CHAPTERED  07/30/01

	CHAPTER  110
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 30, 2001
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 28, 2001
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 19, 2001
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  APRIL 19, 2001

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Corbett

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2001

   An act to add Section 6210 to the Family Code, relating to
domestic violence.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 362, Corbett.  Domestic Violence Prevention Act:  definitions.
   Existing law, the Domestic Violence Prevention Act, authorizes the
issuance of various protective orders for the prevention, or the
prevention of the recurrence of, domestic violence.
   This bill would define the term "dating relationship," for the
purposes of the act.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 6210 is added to the Family Code, to read:
   6210.  "Dating relationship" means frequent, intimate associations
primarily characterized by the expectation of affection or sexual
involvement independent of financial considerations.