Section 928b - Art. 128b. Domestic violence(a) IN GENERAL.-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;shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(b) DEFINITIONS.-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).Added Pub. L. 115-232, div. A, title V, §532(a)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1759; amended Pub. L. 116-92, div. A, title XVII, §1731(a)(20), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1813; Pub. L. 118-31, div. A, title V, §531(d)(1), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 259.EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS2023-Pub. L. 118-31 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, inserted "a dating partner," after "an intimate partner," wherever appearing, and added subsec. (b).2019- Pub. L. 116-92 inserted section catchline. Identical section catchline had been editorially supplied.
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATEPub. L. 115-232, div. A, title V, §532(b), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1760, provided that: "The amendments made by this section [enacting this section] shall take effect on January 1, 2019, immediately after the coming into effect of the amendments made by the Military Justice Act of 2016 ( division E of Public Law 114-328) [see Tables for classification] as provided in section 5542 of that Act (130 Stat. 2967; 10 U.S.C. 801 note)."
- spouse
- "spouse" means husband or wife, as the case may be.