(725 ILCS 5/112A-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 112A-4)
    Sec. 112A-4. Persons protected by this Article.
    (a) The following persons are protected by this Article in cases involving domestic violence:
        (1) any person abused by a family or household member;
        (2) any minor child or dependent adult in the care of
    
such person;
        (3) any person residing or employed at a private home
    
or public shelter which is housing an abused family or household member; and
        (4) any of the following persons if the person is
    
abused by a family or household member of a child:
            (i) a foster parent of that child if the child
        
has been placed in the foster parent's home by the Department of Children and Family Services or by another state's public child welfare agency;
            (ii) a legally appointed guardian or legally
        
appointed custodian of that child;
            (iii) an adoptive parent of that child; or
            (iv) a prospective adoptive parent of that child
        
if the child has been placed in the prospective adoptive parent's home pursuant to the Adoption Act or pursuant to another state's law.
        For purposes of this paragraph (a)(4), individuals
    
who would have been considered "family or household members" of the child under paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of Section 112A-3 before a termination of the parental rights with respect to the child continue to meet the definition of "family or household members" of the child.
    (a-5) The following persons are protected by this Article in cases involving sexual offenses:
        (1) any victim of non-consensual sexual conduct or
    
non-consensual sexual penetration on whose behalf the petition is brought;
        (2) any family or household member of the named
    
victim; and
        (3) any employee of or volunteer at a rape crisis
    
center.
    (a-10) The following persons are protected by this Article in cases involving stalking offenses:
        (1) any victim of stalking; and
        (2) any family or household member of the named
    
victim.
    (b) (Blank).
(Source: P.A. 100-199, eff. 1-1-18; 100-639, eff. 1-1-19.)