Who does the legislation on the prevention and combating of domestic violence apply to?

Regardless of the fact of cohabitation, the legislation on the prevention and combating of domestic violence applies to the following individuals:

1. Spouses;
2. Former spouses;
3. Fiancés;   
4. The mother (father) or children of one spouse (former spouse) and the other spouse (former spouse);
5. Individuals who live (have lived) together as a family, but are not (were not) married to each other, their parents and children;
6. Individuals who have a common child (children);
7. Parents (mother, father) and child (children);  
8. Grandfather (grandmother) and grandson (granddaughter);
9. Great-grandfather (great-grandmother) and great-grandson (great-granddaughter);
10. Stepfather (stepmother) and stepson (stepdaughter);
11. Full siblings;
12. Other relatives: uncle (aunt) and nephew (niece), cousins, great-grandfather (great-grandmother) and great-grandson (great-granddaughter);
13. Children of spouses, former spouses, fiancés, individuals with a common child (children), who are not biological or adopted children;
14. Guardians, caretakers, their children, and individuals under their guardianship or care;
15. Foster parents, adoptive parents, patronic parents, their children, foster children, children under guardianship, children living (have lived) in the family of a patronic parent.

The legislation on the prevention and combating of domestic violence also applies to other relatives, other individuals who are connected by shared household, have mutual rights and obligations, provided

they live together, as well as to entities that implement measures in the field of preventing and combating domestic violence.

The individuals listed above may be both those who commit violence (perpetrators) and those who experience violence (survivors).