California : Family Code: 6200-6218
(provided by Divorce Source, Inc.)
Published 5.20.98
6200. This division may be cited as the Domestic Violence
Prevention Act.
6201. Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the
definitions in this part govern the construction of this code.
6203. "Abuse" means intentionally or recklessly to cause or attempt
to cause bodily injury, or sexual assault, or to place a person in
reasonable apprehension of imminent serious bodily injury to that
person or to another.
6205. "Affinity," when applied to the marriage relation, signifies
the connection existing in consequence of marriage between each of
the married persons and the blood relatives of the other.
6209. "Cohabitant" means a person who regularly resides in the
household. "Former cohabitant" means a person who formerly regularly
resided in the household.
6211. "Domestic violence" is abuse perpetrated against any of the
following persons:
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(a) A spouse or former spouse.
(b) A cohabitant or former cohabitant, as defined in Section 6209.
(c) A person with whom the respondent is having or has had a dating or engagement relationship.
(d) A person with whom the respondent has had a child, where the presumption applies that the male parent is the father of the child of the female parent under the Uniform Parentage Act (Part 3 (commencing with Section 7600) of Division 12).
(e) A child of a party or a child who is the subject of an action under the Uniform Parentage Act, where the presumption applies that the male parent is the father of the child to be protected.
(f) Any other person related by consanguinity or affinity within the second degree.
6218. "Protective order" means an order that includes any of the following restraining orders, whether issued ex parte, after notice and hearing, or in a judgment:
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(a) An order described in Section 6320 enjoining specific acts of
abuse.
(b) An order described in Section 6321 excluding a person from a dwelling.
(c) An order described in Section 6322 enjoining other specified behavior.
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