2025 Domestic Violence Laws Compendium

This Compendium provides attorneys, advocates, and survivors of domestic violence (DV) with brief descriptions of some of the most relevant California laws affecting DV survivors and their families. These include statutes, constitutional provisions, and resolutions—which can be found online (https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes.xhtml); and rules of court—which can also be found online (http://www.courts.ca.gov/rules.htm). This document is only informational and is NOT legal advice. If you have any legal questions, please contact an attorney. Please check all statutes as they might have changed.