What qualifies as domestic abuse in Oregon?

" Domestic abuse " is defined by Oregon law. Generally, the law states that it is abuse when a family or household member:

1. Attempts to hurt you physically;
2. Actually hurts you physically (intentionally, recklessly or knowingly);
3. Intimidates or makes you afraid of serious physical injury (intentionally, recklessly or knowingly); OR
4. Makes you have sex against your will by force, or threat of force.

Family or household member” means any of the following:

1. An adult related by blood, marriage or adoption;
2. Someone you are living with or have lived with in the past;
3. Someone you have been in a sexually intimate relationship with, within two years immediately preceding the filing of a restraining order petition under; OR
4. Someone with whom you have a child.

See: O.R.S. § 107.705 (1) , O.R.S. § 107.705 (4) (opens in a new tab)