California Family Code PART 5 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE ENFORCEMENT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROTECTION ORDERS ACT

  • Section 6400.
    This part may be cited as the Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 816, Sec. 3. Effective January...
  • Section 6401.
    In this part:(1) “Foreign protection order” means a protection order issued by a tribunal of another state.(2) “Issuing state” means the state whose tribunal issues a protection...
  • Section 6402.
    (a) A person authorized by the law of this state to seek enforcement of a protection order may seek enforcement of a valid foreign protection order...
  • Section 6403.
    (a) A law enforcement officer of this state, upon determining that there is probable cause to believe that a valid foreign protection order exists and that...
  • Section 6404.
    (a) Any foreign protection order shall, upon request of the person in possession of the order, be registered with a court of this state in order...
  • Section 6405.
    (a) There shall be no civil liability on the part of, and no cause of action for false arrest or false imprisonment against, a peace officer...
  • Section 6406.
    A protected individual who pursues remedies under this part is not precluded from pursuing other legal or equitable remedies against the respondent.(Added by Stats. 2001,...
  • Section 6407.
    In applying and construing this part, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter...
  • Section 6408.
    If any provision of this part or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or...
  • Section 6409.
    This part applies to protection orders issued before January 1, 2002, and to continuing actions for enforcement of foreign protection orders commenced before January 1,...

Last modified: October 22, 2018