Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 78B > Chapter 7 > Part 5 - Sexual Violence Protective Orders

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Allegation: something that someone says happened.
• Cohabitant: means an emancipated individual under Section 15-2-1 or an individual who is 16 years old or older who:
            (5)(a)(i) is or was a spouse of the other party;
            (5)(a)(ii) is or was living as if a spouse of the other party;
            (5)(a)(iii) is related by blood or marriage to the other party as the individual's parent, grandparent, sibling, or any other individual related to the individual by consanguinity or affinity to the second degree;
            (5)(a)(iv) has or had one or more children in common with the other party;
            (5)(a)(v) is the biological parent of the other party's unborn child;
            (5)(a)(vi) resides or has resided in the same residence as the other party; or
            (5)(a)(vii) is or was in a consensual sexual relationship with the other party. See Utah Code 78B-7-102
• Court: means the district court or juvenile court. See Utah Code 78B-7-201
• Court clerk: means a district court clerk. See Utah Code 78B-7-102
• Dating partner: means an individual who:
            (10)(a)(i)

                 (10)(a)(i)(A) is an emancipated individual under Section 15-2-1 or Title 80, Chapter 7, Emancipation; or

                 (10)(a)(i)(B) is 18 years old or older; and
            (10)(a)(ii) is, or has been, in a dating relationship with the other party. See Utah Code 78B-7-102
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Ex parte sexual violence protective order: means an order issued without notice to the respondent under this part. See Utah Code 78B-7-502
• law enforcement agency: means any public agency having general police power and charged with making arrests in connection with enforcement of the criminal statutes and ordinances of this state or any political subdivision. See Utah Code 78B-7-102
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Protective order: means :
       (2)(a) a sexual violence protective order; or
       (2)(b) an ex parte sexual violence protective order. See Utah Code 78B-7-502
• Respondent: means the individual against whom enforcement of a protective order is sought. See Utah Code 78B-7-102
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Sexual violence: means the commission or the attempt to commit:
       (3)(a) any sexual offense described in Title 76, Chapter 5, Part 4, Sexual Offenses, or Title 76, Chapter 5b, Part 2, Sexual Exploitation;
       (3)(b) human trafficking for sexual exploitation under Section Utah Code 78B-7-502
• Sexual violence protective order: means an order issued under this part after a hearing on the petition, of which the petitioner and respondent have been given notice. See Utah Code 78B-7-502