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Restraining Orders

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Updated: 
January 11, 2024

How much do they cost?

There is no fee to file a petition for a restraining order to prevent elder or dependent abuse or to later modify, reissue or enforce the order. You also do not need to pay a fee for law enforcement to serve any order issued in your case.1

1 Cal Wel. & Inst. Code § 15657.03(q), (r)