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Evans v. Braun
Superior Court of Pennsylvania (2010) | 12 A.3d 395; 2010 Pa. Super. 231; 2010 Pa. Super. LEXIS 4614; 2010 WL 5088761
TL;DR: A court held that a brief, "stormy" dating relationship between coworkers qualifies as an "intimate partnership" under a domestic abuse statute, granting the petitioner standing to obtain a protective order after her partner threatened her with a gun.
Legal Significance: Expands the definition of "intimate partners" under domestic violence statutes to include short-term dating relationships lacking significant domestic interdependence. It prioritizes the existence of a chosen romantic bond, however brief, for establishing standing to seek a protective order.