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CALIFORNIA FAMILY CODE
ISSUANCE AND EFFECT OF EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE ORDER
Family Code Section 6250
A judicial officer may issue an ex parte emergency protective order where
a law enforcement officer asserts reasonable grounds to believe any of
the following:
(a) That a person is in immediate and present danger of domestic violence,
based on the person's allegation of a recent incident of abuse or
threat of abuse by the person against whom the order is sought.
(b) That a child is in immediate and present danger of abuse by a family
or household member, based on an allegation of a recent incident of abuse
or threat of abuse by the family or household member.
(c) That a child is in immediate and present danger of being abducted by
a parent or relative, based on a reasonable belief that a person has an
intent to abduct the child or flee with the child from the jurisdiction
or based on an allegation of a recent threat to abduct the child or flee
with the child from the jurisdiction.
(d) That an elder or dependent adult is in immediate and present danger
of abuse as defined in Section 15610.07 of the Welfare and Institutions
Code, based on an allegation of a recent incident of abuse or threat of
abuse by the person against whom the order is sought, except that no emergency
protective order shall be issued based solely on an allegation of financial abuse.
History.
Amended by
Stats 2003 ch 468 (SB 851)
,
s 3
, eff. 1/1/2004.
Amended September 29, 1999 (Bill Number: AB 59) (Chapter 561).