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You can ask for a civil harassment restraining order if you are being harassed, stalked, abused, or threatened by someone you are not as close to as is required under domestic violence cases, like a roommate, a neighbor, or more distant family members like cousins, aunts or uncles, or nieces or nephews.
A party can request that the level of protection be increased or decreased. You may ask the judge to change the CPO by filling out a form called a Petition for Modification of a Criminal Protective Order. On this form, you will be asked which conditions of the protective order you wish to modify.
The Family Code authorizes the court to make orders to prevent the abuse where acts of domestic violence have been perpetrated by a spouse, cohabitant, boyfriend, girlfriend, child or relative of the victim. Family Code §6211.
What Happens at a Domestic Violence Hearing? Once you've filed your request for a Domestic Violence Restraining Order, the court will schedule a hearing in your case. At the hearing, a judge will decide whether there is enough evidence to support protective orders in favor of the victim.
Fill out a new Restraining Order After Hearing (Form DV-130 ), that shows the changed orders. Give the court 3 copies of your proposed amended order. If the clerk prepares this order instead, review it carefully to make sure it matches what the judge ordered.
The restrained person must be served before the hearing. If the restrained person wasn't served, fill out a Request to Continue Court Hearing and Reissue Temporary Restraining Order (Form DV-115 ) and a Notice of New Hearing and Order on Reissuance (Form DV-116 ) to ask the judge for a new hearing date.
DV-130 Restraining Order After Hearing (Order of Protection) Page 1. Judicial Council of California, www.courts.ca.gov. Revised July 1, 2016, Mandatory Form.
Under Penal Code 273.6 PC, California law makes it a crime for a person to violate the terms or conditions of a court-issued restraining order, protective order, or stay-away order. This offense is a misdemeanor that carries a maximum sentence of up to one year in jail.
DV-100 Request for Domestic Violence Restraining Order.