§ 928b — Art. 128b. Domestic Violence

(a) Any person who— (1) commits a violent offense against a spouse, an intimate partner, a dating partner, or an immediate family member of that person; (2) with intent to threaten or intimidate a spouse, an intimate partner, a dating partner, or an immediate family member of that person— (A) commits an offense under this chapter against any person; or (B) commits an offense under this chapter against any property, including an animal; (3) with intent to threaten or intimidate a spouse, an intimate partner, a dating partner, or an immediate family member of that person, violates a protection order; (4) with intent to commit a violent offense against a spouse, an intimate partner, a dating partner, or an immediate family member of that person, violates a protection order; or (5) assaults a spouse, an intimate partner, a dating partner, or an immediate family member of that person by strangling or suffocating; (b) In this section, the terms “dating partner”, “immediate family”, and “intimate partner” have the meanings given such terms in section 930 of this title (article 130).