Diannia R. Taylor v. Reginald B. Taylor

Syllabus

Diannia Taylor (Mother) petitioned the family court for various relief, including for an order of protection under the Protection from Domestic Abuse Act (the Act) based on allegations her husband, Reginald B. Taylor (Husband), had abused her and A.R., her minor daughter from a previous relationship. The family court granted the order of protection as to Mother but ruled it could not include A.R. in the order of protection because A.R. did not meet the definition of \household member\ under the Act. We reverse the family court's denial of an order of protection to A.R., and we interpret the term \minor household member\ as used in the Act to include all minors who need protection and who live in the same household as a petitioner and an abusive household member, not just minors who meet the strict definition of \household member\ set forth in the Act.