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CA AB 786

Title: Restraining orders: filing fees.
Author: Jasmeet Bains

Summary
AB 786, as amended, Bains. Restraining orders: filing fees. Existing law provides the procedure by which a restraining order prohibiting harassment or abuse may be sought by, or on behalf of, specified persons. Existing law prohibits the imposition of a fee for filing a petition that alleges that a person has inflicted or threatened violence against the petitioner, stalked the petitioner, or acted or spoken in any other manner that has placed the petitioner in reasonable fear of violence, and that seeks a protective or restraining order restraining stalking, future violence, or threats of violence.This bill would prohibit a filing fee for a civil harassment petition if the petitioner is 60 years of age or older.

Status
From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

Bill Documents
CA AB 786 - 09/12/23 - Amended Assembly
09/12/23 - CA AB 786 (09/12/23 - Amended Assembly)


CA AB 786 - 02/13/23 - Introduced
02/13/23 - CA AB 786 (02/13/23 - Introduced)

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