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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
For purposes of the Domestic Abuse Death Review Act:
(1)Associated victim means a family or household member of the decedent victim who also experienced abuse committed by the perpetrator;
(2)Decedent victim means a person who died by homicide or suicide as a result of domestic abuse;
(3)Domestic abuse means abuse as defined in section 42-903;
(4)Domestic abuse death means:
(a) A homicide that involves, or is a result of, domestic abuse;
(b) The death of a decedent victim who was a member of a law enforcement agency, emergency medical service, or other agency responding to a domestic abuse incident;
(c) The death of a decedent victim who was responding to a domestic abuse incident; or
(d) A suicide of a decedent victim if there are circumstances indicating the suicide involved, or was the result of, domestic abuse within two years prior to the suicide, including: (i) The decedent victim had applied for or received a protection order against the perpetrator within two years prior to the suicide; (ii) the decedent victim had received counseling, treatment, or sought other supportive services as a result of the domestic abuse within two years prior to the suicide; or (iii) the decedent victim had reported domestic abuse to law enforcement within two years prior to the suicide;
(5) Family or household member has the same meaning as in section 42-903;
(6)Investigation means a domestic abuse death investigation as described in section 71-3415;
(7)Law enforcement agency means the police department or town marshal in incorporated municipalities, the office of the county sheriff, and the Nebraska State Patrol;
(8)Perpetrator means the person who has been the predominant aggressor of domestic abuse;
(9)Survivor of domestic abuse means a person who is a current or prior victim of domestic abuse; and
(10)Team means the State Domestic Abuse Death Review Team as provided in section 71-3416.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Nebraska Revised Statutes Chapter 71. Public Health and Welfare § 71-3414. Terms, defined - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ne/chapter-71-public-health-and-welfare/ne-rev-st-sect-71-3414/
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