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Cal. Rules of Court, rule 5.632 · Chapter 8. Restraining Orders, Custody Orders, and Guardianships General Court Authority

Civil harassment, workplace violence prevention, and domestic violence prevention orders

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)

A proceeding for the following orders initiated by or brought against a child who has previously been adjudged a dependent child or a ward of the juvenile court and who remains under juvenile court jurisdiction must be heard in the juvenile court that has jurisdiction of the child as required by Code of Civil Procedure section 374.5:

(1) An order prohibiting harassment under Code of Civil Procedure section 527.6;

(2) An order prohibiting violence in the workplace under Code of Civil Procedure section 527.8;

(3) A protective order under division 10 (beginning with section 6200) of the Family Code; and

(4) A protective order under Family Code sections 7710 and 7720.

Notes and commentary — not rule text

History

Rule 5.632 adopted effective January 1, 2025.

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_632
Text hash
sha256 573678ec69bc1cc148eefa77fc09ff730b935ab0ef4d6b6ecabde52f67620600
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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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