For current or former dating partners, covering similar acts of violence or threats within that relationship.

Dating Violence (Florida Statute 784.046) means violence between individuals who have or have had a continuing and significant relationship of a romantic or intimate nature. The existence of such a relationship shall be determined based on the consideration of all the following factors:

• A dating relationship must have existed within the past six months.
• The nature of the relationship must have been characterized by the expectation of affection or sexual involvement between the parties.
• The frequency and type of interaction between the persons involved in the relationship must have included that the persons have been involved over time and on a continuous basis during the course of the relationship.
• Parties must have never lived together, as defined under domestic violence.