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CALIFORNIA EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE ORDERS - SUMMARY OF STATUTES
(provided by Glen Rabenn, Esq.)
ISSUANCE OF EX PARTE EMERGENCY ORDERS FOR ELDERLY PERSONS
AMENDED: Family Code 6250, 6251, 6252
ADDED: Welfare and Institutions Code 15657.03
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EXISTING: A judicial officer may issue an ex parte emergency protective order where a law
enforcement officer asserts reasonable grounds to believe that a person or child is
in immediate and present danger of abuse or that a child is in immediate and
present danger of being abducted by a parent or relative.
NEW: An ex parte emergency order may be issued if it appears to the court that an elder or dependent adult is in immediate and present danger of abuse, based on an allegation of a recent incident of abuse or threat of abuse by the person against whom the order is sought, except that no emergency protective order shall be issued based solely on an allegation of financial abuse. (Family Code 6250(d)), 6251)
ADDED: Family Code 6250.5
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EXISTING: A judicial officer may issue an ex parte emergency protective order where a law
enforcement officer asserts reasonable grounds to believe specified acts might
occur. (Family Code 6250)
NEW: A judicial officer may issue an ex parte emergency protective order to a peace officer employed by a community college or school district, as defined in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Penal Code 830.32 if the issuance of that order is consistent with an existing memorandum of understanding between the college or school police department where the peace officer is employed and the sheriff or police chief of the city in whose jurisdiction the peace officer's college or school is located and the peace officer asserts reasonable grounds to believe that there is a demonstrated threat to campus safety.
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