Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE ACT 2007 - SECT 10

    (1)     A person is in a family relationship with another person if the person:

        (a)     is the spouse or de facto partner of the other person; or

        (ab)     is the spouse or de facto partner of the person's former spouse or de facto partner; or

        (b)     is otherwise a relative of the other person.

Examples of relatives for paragraph (b)

Stepchild, parent, step-parent, grandparent, aunt, nephew, cousin, half-brother, mother-in-law or aunt-in-law.

    (2)     A relative of a person includes someone who, according to Aboriginal tradition or contemporary social practice, is a relative of the person.

Note for section 10
Section 19A of the Interpretation Act 1978 contains definitions of certain domestic

relationships, including spouse , de facto partner and stepchild .