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BARNETT v. WILEY

No. 2002-SC-0180-DG.

103 S.W.3d 17 (2003)

Charles BARNETT, Appellant, v. Laura P. WILEY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

April 24, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodney McDaniel, Frankfort, for Appellant.

Rick Eugene Sparks, Assistant Franklin County Attorney, Frankfort, for Appellee.

Lisa Ann Beran, Kentucky Domestic Violence Association, Frankfort, for Kentucky Domestic Violence Association, Amicus Curiae.

Opinion of the Court by Justice JOHNSTONE.

The sole issue raised in this appeal is whether Appellant, Charles Barnett, and Appellee, Laura Wiley, were an "unmarried couple" within the meaning of KRS 403.720, so that Wiley could obtain a Domestic Violence Order ("DVO") against Barnett. We hold that they were not an "unmarried couple," as defined in KRS 403.720(3) and, therefore, we reverse the Court of Appeals.

On February 21, 2000, Wiley petitioned the Franklin...

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