(d) "Court" means the District) Court) or a circuit court in this State.

(e) "DATING RELATIONSHIP" MEANS A SOCIAL RELATIONSHIP OF A
ROMANTIC NATURE WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP.

(F) "Emergency family maintenance" means a monetary award given to or for
a person eligible for relief to whom the respondent has a duty of support under this
article based on:

(1) the financial needs of the person eligible for relief; and

(2) the resources available to the person eligible for relief and the
respondent.

[(f)] (G) "Home" means the property in this State that:

(1) is the principal residence of a person eligible for relief; and

(2) is owned, rented, or leased by the person eligible for relief or
respondent or, in a petition alleging child abuse or abuse of a vulnerable adult, an
adult living in the home at the time of a proceeding under this subtitle.

[(g)](H) "Local department" means the local department of social services
that has jurisdiction in the county:

(1) where the home is located; or

(2) if different, where the abuse is alleged to have taken place.

[(h)](I) "Person eligible for relief" includes:

(1) the current or former spouse of the respondent;

(2) a cohabitant of the respondent;

(3) a person related to the respondent by blood, marriage, or adoption;

(4) a parent, stepparent, child, or stepchild of the respondent or the
person eligible for relief who resides or resided with the respondent or person eligible
for relief for at least 90 days within 1 year before the filing of the petition;

(5) a vulnerable adult; [or]

(6) an individual who has a child in common with the respondent; OR

(7) A PERSON WHOM THE COURT DETERMINES IS IN A DATING
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE RESPONDENT OR WHO HAS HAD A DATING RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE RESPONDENT, AFTER CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS;

(I) THE LENGTH OF THE RELATIONSHIP;

(II) THE NATURE OF THE RELATIONSHIP; OR

(III) THE FREQUENCY OF INTERACTION.

[(i))] (J) (1) "Petitioner" means an individual who files a petition.