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