Teen Dating Violence Prevention Act defines teen dating violence, provides penalties, allows victims to seek orders of protection, and prohibits.
The Teen Dating Violence Prevention Act defines "teen dating violence" as physical, sexual, psychological, or emotional violence between persons, whether heterosexual or same gender, eighteen years of age or younger within a dating relationship. The act provides a penalty for teen dating violence, allows victims sixteen years of age or older to seek an order of protection or a restraining order, and prohibits a person convicted of violating the act from participating in a pretrial intervention program.
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