Definition Of Family Member Texas Penal Code

1 an act by a member of a family or household against another member of the family or household that is intended to result in physical harm bodily injury assault or sexual assault or that is a threat that reasonably places the member in fear of imminent physical harm bodily injury assault or sexual assault but does not include defensive measures to protect oneself.

Definition of family member texas penal code. Family member means a person who is related to another person by consanguinity or affinity. Any of the following acts committed by a family or household member against a child of the family or household member. Statutory definition of assault. 1 is committed against a member of the person s family or household or otherwise constitutes family violence.

What is the legal definition of family violence in texas. 1 a defendant has been previously convicted of an offense listed in those subsections committed against a person whose relationship to or association with the defendant is described by section 71 0021 b 71 003 or 71 005 family code if the defendant was adjudged guilty of the offense or entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere in return for a grant of deferred adjudication regardless of whether the sentence for the offense was ever imposed or whether the sentence was probated and. Penal code 1 07 a 8. C 1 notwithstanding subsection c 2 an offense under subsection a 2 is a state jail felony if the offense is committed against a person the actor knows is a peace officer or judge.

Or 2 is committed against a public servant. Then this is not family violence. Texas penal code 22 01 et seq.