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CALIFORNIA FAMILY CODE
PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
LIMITATIONS ON MUTUAL RESTRAINING ORDERS
Family Code Section 6305
The court may not issue a mutual order enjoining the parties from specific
acts of abuse described in Section 6320 (a) unless both parties personally
appear and each party presents written evidence of abuse or domestic violence
and (b) the court makes detailed findings of fact indicating that both
parties acted primarily as aggressors and that neither party acted primarily
in self-defense.