SHORT TITLE AND DEFINITIONS
Known as the Domestic Violence Prevention Act
The act spans §§ 6200–6460 (107 sections).
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Cline v. Reetz-Laiolo (2018)
Most recently applied in 246 Cal. Rptr. 3d 362 - N.T. v. H.T. (March 2019)
Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 303, Sec. 149
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.
(a) For purposes of this act, “abuse” means any of the following:
(1) To intentionally or recklessly cause or attempt to cause bodily injury.
(2) Sexual assault.
(3) To place a person in reasonable apprehension of imminent serious bodily injury to that person or to another.
(4) To engage in any behavior that has been or could be enjoined pursuant to Section 6320.
(b) Abuse is not limited to the actual infliction of physical injury or assault.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.