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This final rule will establish policy and assign responsibilities for addressing child abuse and domestic abuse through the Family Advocacy Program (FAP). The FAP "Guidelines for Clinical Intervention for Persons Reported as Domestic Abusers" provides clinical guidelines for the FAP assessment, clinical rehabilitative treatment, and ongoing monitoring and risk management of individuals who have reported to FAP by means of an unrestricted report for domestic abuse against current or former spouses, or intimate partners. This rule broadens the scope of FAP services to include former and current same-sex spouses in a legal union recognized as a marriage by a State or other jurisdiction. This rule will extend benefits to same-sex spouses of military service members and DoD civilians following the June 26, 2013, U.S. Supreme Court decision to declare Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional.