MHHS · Residential Tenancies Act
Part 4 — .1
47.2 Domestic violence
when a person, that person's dependent child or a protected adult
who lives with that person is subjected to any of the acts or
omissions listed in subsection (2) by another person who
(a) is or has been married to that person, is or has been an adult
interdependent partner of that person or is residing or has
resided together with that person in an intimate relationship,
(b) is or has been in a dating relationship with that person,
regardless of whether they have lived together at any time,
(c) is the biological or adoptive parent of one or more children
with that person, regardless of their marital status or
whether they have lived together at any time,
(d) is related to that person by blood, marriage or adoption or
by virtue of an adult interdependent relationship, regardless
of whether they have lived together at any time, or
(e) resides with that person and has care and custody over that
person pursuant to an order of a court.
(2) The following acts and omissions constitute domestic violence
for the purposes of this Part:
(a) any intentional or reckless act or omission that causes injury
or property damage and that intimidates or harms a person;
(b) any act or threatened act that intimidates a person by
creating a reasonable fear of property damage or injury to a
person;
(c) conduct that reasonably, in all circumstances, constitutes
psychological or emotional abuse;
(d) forced confinement;
(e) sexual contact of any kind th at is coerced by force or threat
of force;
(f) stalking.
2015 c20 s4