Nearly 10 years after it was first introduced, the Protection of Victims of Sexual Violence or Intimidation Act takes effect in Pennsylvania on July 1, making it the 34th state to establish protection for sexual-assault victims. The act provides victims of sexual violence or intimidation a civil remedy that requires the offender to stay away from the victim regardless of whether the victim decides to seek criminal prosecution. While the PSVI Act is modeled closely after the Protection from Abuse Act, there are some key differences.
The primary difference between the two acts is the relationship between the victim and the perpetrator. The PSVI Act and PFA Act both define “family and household member” as “spouses or persons who have been spouses, persons living as spouses or who lived as spouses, parents and children, other persons related by consanguinity or affinity, current or former sexual or intimate partners or persons who share biological parenthood.”
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