N.D. Cent. Code § 14-07.6-01 Definitions
14-07.6-01. Definitions
1. "Abusive litigation" means litigation in which:
a. The parties have or had an intimate partner relationship or any other individual
with a sufficient relationship to the abusing individual as determined by the court
under section 14-07.7-07;
b. The filing party has been found by a court to have committed an act of domestic
violence or disorderly conduct against the opposing party pursuant to a court
order entered under chapter 14-07.1, 14-09, or 12.1-31.2, or an equivalent
ordinance from another state, provided the issuing court made a specific finding
of domestic violence or disorderly conduct, or the filing party has a prior
conviction relating to domestic violence against the opposing party under chapter
12.1-17;
c. There is intent on the part of the filing party to harass, intimidate, maintain contact
with, or retaliate against the opposing party; and
d. At least one of the following is true:
(1) Claims, allegations, and other legal contentions made in the litigation are not
warranted by existing law or by a reasonable argument for the extension,
modification, or reversal of existing law, or the establishment of new law;
(2) Allegations and other factual contentions made in the litigation lack
evidentiary support;
(3) The actions comprising the basis of the litigation previously have been filed
or litigated in one or more other courts or jurisdictions and have been
disposed of unfavorably against the party filing, initiating, advancing, or
continuing the litigation; or
(4) The filing party has been sanctioned previously for filing, initiating,
advancing, or continuing litigation found to be frivolous, vexatious,
intransigent, or brought in bad faith.
2. "Filing party" means the party who has filed, initiated, advanced, or continued litigation.
3. "Intimate partner" means a spouse, former spouse, an individual who has a child with
a filing party regardless of whether the individual has been married to the filing party or
lived with the filing party, or an individual who has or had a dating relationship with the
filing party.
4. "Litigation" means any motion, pleading, petition, or other court filing.
5. "Opposing party" means the party against whom the filing party has filed, initiated,
advanced, or continued litigation.