This division may be cited as the Domestic Violence Prevention Act.
Cal. Fam. Code § 6200
SHORT TITLE AND DEFINITIONS
Known as the Domestic Violence Prevention Act
The act spans §§ 6200–6460 (107 sections).
Applied in 50 court decisions — leading case 32 Cal. 4th 588 - Los Angeles County Department of Children & Family Services v. Heriberto C. (2004)
Most recently applied in Ankola v. Ankola (In re Ankola) (June 2019)
Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 219, Sec. 154
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.