California Family Code

§ 6309

FAM § 6309 Effective Jan 1, 2024Div. 10 · Part 4 · Ch. 1

Statute text

(a)(1) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(A)Domestic violence is an urgent public safety and public health crisis. More than one in three California women and one in seven men experience intimate partner physical violence, intimate partner sexual violence, or intimate partner stalking in their lifetimes. Sexual and gender minorities, including queer, gender nonbinary, intersex, and transgender persons, experience domestic violence at rates as high or higher than cisgender and heterosexual persons. Domestic violence accounts for more than 15 percent of all violent crimes in California and more than 10 percent of all California homicides.

(B)Domestic violence survivors are most at risk when attempting to leave an abusive relationship. Without effective intervention in domestic abuse, the violence often increases in frequency and severity over time. Research has established that the civil domestic violence restraining order is the most effective legal remedy for intervening in and preventing future abuse.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 503, Sec. 1. (SB 741) Effective January 1, 2024.