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Re: in allgd DV Ass.4 - Is 5 day house guest a year prior DV?

There's a woman who I watched her child for free. She worked long hours and sometimes I parked my motor home at her place. Months later she and her daughter stayed at my residence for five days between residences as she was moving. A year later she assaulted me over a car deal she was unhappy with and was unwinding. She much later called the police and said I pushed her down. I was found guilty but the judge made a mistake in listening to the evidence and there was an ''arrest of conviction.'' There was never any romance or anything else that could be considered ''domestic.'' Question: Under such a short term living situation should it be considered ''domestic violence?''


Asked on 9/08/02, 10:23 pm

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Gary Preble Preble Law Firm, P.S.

Re: Re: in allgd DV Ass.4 - Is 5 day house guest a year prior DV?

Yes. RCW 26.50.010 shows the domestic violence law applies to "adult persons who are presently residing together or who have resided together in the past." http://www.leg.wa.gov/RCW/index.cfm?fuseaction=section§ion=26.50.010

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Answered on 9/09/02, 12:19 am


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