Fam. Code, § 6211 · Part 1. SHORT TITLE AND DEFINITIONS
Fam. Code, § 6211
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
“Domestic violence” is abuse perpetrated against any of the following persons:
(a) A spouse or former spouse.
(b) A cohabitant or former cohabitant, as defined in Section 6209.
(c) A person with whom the respondent is having or has had a dating or engagement relationship.
(d) A person with whom the respondent has had a child, where the presumption applies that the male parent is the father of the child of the female parent under the Uniform Parentage Act (Part 3 (commencing with Section 7600) of Division 12).
(e) A child of a party or a child who is the subject of an action under the Uniform Parentage Act, where the presumption applies that the male parent is the father of the child to be protected.
(f) Any other person related by consanguinity or affinity within the second degree.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 219, Sec. 154. Effective January 1, 1994.
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Civil Code
Code of Civil Procedure
- Code Civ. Proc., § 128Printed as Section 6211 of the Family Code
- Code Civ. Proc., § 340.15Printed as Section 6211 of the Family Code
- Code Civ. Proc., § 1161.3Printed as Section 6211 of the Family Code
- Code Civ. Proc., § 1219Printed as Section 6211 of the Family Code
- Code Civ. Proc., § 1277Printed as Section 6211 of the Family Code
Evidence Code
Family Code
- Fam. Code, § 3044Printed as Section 6211
- Fam. Code, § 3190Printed as Section 6211
- Fam. Code, § 3428Printed as Section 6211
- Fam. Code, § 4320Printed as Section 6211
- Fam. Code, § 4324.5Printed as Section 6211
- Fam. Code, § 4325Printed as Section 6211
- Fam. Code, § 6228Printed as Section 6211
- Fam. Code, § 6301Printed as Section 6211
Health and Safety Code
Insurance Code
Labor Code
Penal Code
- Pen. Code, § 136.2Printed as Section 6211 of the Family Code
- Pen. Code, § 273.75Printed as Sections 6203 and 6211 of the Family Code
- Pen. Code, § 273.76Printed as Sections 6203 and 6211 of the Family Code
- Pen. Code, § 277Printed as Section 6211 of the Family Code
- Pen. Code, § 646.92Printed as Section 6211 of the Family Code
- Pen. Code, § 679.05Printed as Section 6203 or 6211 of the Family Code | Sections 6203 or 6211 of the Family Code
- Pen. Code, § 679.06Printed as Section 6203 or 6211 of the Family Code
- Pen. Code, § 679.07Printed as Section 6211 of the Family Code
- Pen. Code, § 977Printed as Section 6211 of the Family Code
- Pen. Code, § 1001.95Printed as Section 6211 of the Family Code
- Pen. Code, § 1203.097Printed as Section 6211 of the Family Code
- Pen. Code, § 1203.3Printed as Section 6211 of the Family Code
- Pen. Code, § 1377Printed as Section 6211 of the Family Code
- Pen. Code, § 3053.2Printed as Section 6211 of the Family Code
- Pen. Code, § 11106Printed as Section 6211 of the Family Code
- Pen. Code, § 11163.3Printed as Section 6211 of the Family Code
- Pen. Code, § 13750Printed as Section 6211 of the Family Code
- Pen. Code, § 14152Printed as Section 6211 of the Family Code
Welfare and Institutions Code
California Rules of Court
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 5.16Designation of partiesPrinted as Family Code section 6211
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 5.215Domestic violence protocol for Family Court ServicesPrinted as Family Code sections 6203 and 6211
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 5.420Domestic violence procedures for court-connected settlement service providersPrinted as Family Code sections 6203 and 6211
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 5.445Court communication protocol for domestic violence and child custody orders.Printed as Family Code section 6211
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