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Legal Victory! FVAP Overturns Denial of Restraining Order on Basis that Violation of Temporary Restraining Order in and of Itself Constitutes Domestic Abuse

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We’ve reached a new victory for abuse survivors seeking a domestic violence restraining order on the basis of a violated temporary restraining order. In this case, the Court of Appeal overturned the trial court’s denial of the domestic violence restraining order request. In doing so, the Court of Appeal ruled that a violation of a temporary restraining order constitutes abuse under Family Code section 6203(a)(4). The Court of Appeal also held that the conduct underlying the violations constituted abuse under Family Code section 6320. We hope that this will make getting a long-term restraining order easier for the many abuse survivors who need it.

Read the published opinion here.