CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Domestic Violence
......DVPA: In General
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  • Purposes of Domestic Violence Prevention Act (DVPA).
  • Definitions of statutory terms under DVPA.
  • DVPA petitions may be filed electronically.
  • Parties shall use Judicial Council forms.
  • Domestic Violence Prevention Act remedies not exclusive.
  • Access to Domestic Violence Reports Act of 1999.
  • Time off of work for domestic violence or sexual assault victims.
  • CPS agencies to develop protocol and coordinate efforts when responding to domestic violence incidents in home with children.
  • The DVPA does not impose a heightened standard for specificity, nor does it contain any corroboration requirement.
  • DVPA does not violate First and Second Amendments.
  • Pen. Code §415 definition of “disturbing the peace” is not applicable to the meaning of the phrase as used in the DVPA, where all that is required is conduct that destroys the mental or emotional calm of the other party.
  • UCCJEA is the basis on which SMJ is predicated, while DVPA is the "procedural vehicle" to invoke SMJ as otherwise authorized by the UCCJEA; UCCJEA specifically applies in DV proceedings.
  • Gender-based classifications in statutes providing funding for services solely to female DV victims violate equal protection.
  • DVPA not intended to apply to unrelated people who separately sublet rooms in same house.


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