Cal. Rules of Court, rule 5.496 · . Chapter 4: Protective Orders
Service requirement for proposed restrained persons who appear remotely
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
(a) Application of rule
This rule applies to orders issued under part 4 of division 10 (Domestic Violence Prevention Act) of the Family Code and Welfare and Institutions Code section 213.5.
(b) No additional proof of service required
If the proposed restrained person named in an order issued after hearing appears at that hearing through the use of remote technology, and through that appearance has received actual notice of the existence and substance of the restraining order after hearing, no additional proof of service is required for enforcement of the order.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
Rule 5.496 adopted effective January 1, 2024.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
- Official file
- https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/five/rule5_496
- Text hash
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- Composed by
- compose_crc.py 2026-10-22: the Judicial Council's rule pages read paragraph by paragraph; verify_crc.py's second reading of the Council's per-title PDFs finds every paragraph
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Welfare and Institutions Code
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