Fam. Code, § 6218 · Part 1. SHORT TITLE AND DEFINITIONS
Fam. Code, § 6218
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
“Protective order” means an order that includes any of the following restraining orders, whether issued ex parte, after notice and hearing, or in a judgment:
(a) An order described in Section 6320 enjoining specific acts of abuse.
(b) An order described in Section 6321 excluding a person from a dwelling.
(c) An order described in Section 6322 enjoining other specified behavior.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 219, Sec. 154. Effective January 1, 1994.
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Code of Civil Procedure
Family Code
- Fam. Code, § 213Printed as Section 6218
- Fam. Code, § 240Printed as Section 6218
- Fam. Code, § 2045Printed as Section 6218
- Fam. Code, § 2047Printed as Section 6218
- Fam. Code, § 2049Printed as Section 6218
- Fam. Code, § 3100Printed as Section 6218 of this code
- Fam. Code, § 3101Printed as Section 6218
- Fam. Code, § 3103Printed as Section 6218
- Fam. Code, § 3104Printed as Section 6218
- Fam. Code, § 3113Printed as Section 6218
- Fam. Code, § 3181Printed as Section 6218
- Fam. Code, § 3192Printed as Section 6218
- Fam. Code, § 6252Printed as Section 6218
- Fam. Code, § 6300Printed as Section 6218
- Fam. Code, § 6303Printed as Section 6218
- Fam. Code, § 6304Printed as Section 6218
- Fam. Code, § 6360Printed as Section 6218
- Fam. Code, § 6386Printed as Section 6218
- Fam. Code, § 6388Printed as Section 6218
- Fam. Code, § 6389Printed as Section 6218
- Fam. Code, § 7710Printed as Section 6218
- Fam. Code, § 7720Printed as Section 6218
- Fam. Code, § 7730Printed as Section 6218
- Fam. Code, § 10012Printed as Section 6218
Penal Code
- Pen. Code, § 166Printed as Section 6218 of the Family Code
- Pen. Code, § 273.6Printed as Section 6218 of the Family Code
- Pen. Code, § 1524Printed as Section 6218 of the Family Code
- Pen. Code, § 11105.03Printed as Section 6218 of the Family Code
- Pen. Code, § 13519Printed as Section 6218 of the Family Code
- Pen. Code, § 14152Printed as Section 6218 of the Family Code
- Pen. Code, § 18250Printed as Section 6218 of the Family Code
- Pen. Code, § 29825Printed as Section 6218 of the Family Code
Welfare and Institutions Code
California Rules of Court
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 5.215Domestic violence protocol for Family Court ServicesPrinted as Family Code section 6218
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 5.381Modification of child custody, visitation, and support orders in Domestic Violence Prevention Act casesPrinted as Family Code section 6218
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 5.420Domestic violence procedures for court-connected settlement service providersPrinted as Family Code section 6218
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 5.630Restraining ordersPrinted as Family Code section 6218
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 5.700Termination of jurisdiction-custody and visitation orders (§§ 302, 304, 361.2, 362.4, 726.5)Printed as Family Code section 6218
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