Section 6251 Of Chapter 2. Issuance And Effect Of Emergency Protective Order From California Family Law Code >> Division 10. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 2.
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. An emergency protective order may be issued only if the
judicial officer finds both of the following:
(a) That reasonable grounds have been asserted to believe that an
immediate and present danger of domestic violence exists, that a
child is in immediate and present danger of abuse or abduction, or
that an elder or dependent adult is in immediate and present danger
of abuse as defined in Section 15610.07 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code.
(b) That an emergency protective order is necessary to prevent the
occurrence or recurrence of domestic violence, child abuse, child
abduction, or abuse of an elder or dependent adult.