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September 12, 2023Enforcing your Out-Of-State Order in California
If you are planning to move to California or are going to be in California for any reason, your protection or restraining order can be enforced.
Restraining Orders
- Domestic Violence Restraining Orders
- Basic information
- Who can get a DVRO
- The DVRO process
- The steps for getting a DVRO
- After the hearing
- Can the abuser have a gun?
- What should I do when I leave the courthouse?
- What if I received a child support order with my DVRO?
- How do I get child support through wage assignment?
- I was not granted a DVRO. What are my options?
- What if the abuser violates the order?
- How do I change or extend my order?
- What happens if I move?
- If I get a protection order, will it show up in an internet search?
- Civil Harassment Orders
- Basic info
- Who is eligible for an order and how to get one
- Am I eligible to file for a civil harassment order? Who can I file against?
- If I qualify for both a CHO and a DVRO, which one should I apply for?
- What are the steps involved with getting a CHO?
- How much does a civil harassment order cost?
- Will the harasser be notified that I am trying to get a civil harassment order against him/her?
- I don’t have a lawyer but I am afraid to face the harasser in court by myself. What can I do?
- After the hearing
- Restraining Orders to Prevent Elder or Dependent Adult Abuse
- Basic info and definitions
- What is a restraining order to prevent elder or dependent adult abuse?
- What is the definition of "elderly" and "dependent adult" for the purposes of getting this restraining order?
- What is the legal definition of elder or dependent adult abuse?
- What types of restraining orders to prevent elder or dependent adult abuse are there? How long do they last?
- Am I eligible for a restraining order to prevent elder or dependent adult abuse?
- If the abuser lives in a different state, can I still get an order against him/her?
- Getting the order
- Basic info and definitions
- Gun Violence Restraining Orders
- Workplace Violence Restraining Orders
- Moving to Another State with a Restraining Order
- Enforcing your Out-Of-State Order in California
- General rules for out-of-state orders in California
- Registering your out-of-state order in California
- If I don’t have a hard copy of my out-of-state order, how can law enforcement enforce it?
- How do I register my protection order in California?
- Do I have to register my protection order in California to get it enforced?
- Does it cost anything to register my protection order?
- What if I don't register my protection order? Will it be more difficult to have it enforced?
- Will the abuser be notified if I register my protection order in CA?
