CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Domestic Violence
......DVPA: Protective Orders/TROs
.........Burden of Proof
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The DVPA does not impose a heightened standard for specificity, nor does it contain any corroboration requirement.

The issuance of a DVTRO neither creates a rebuttable presumption abuse occurred, nor does it shift the burden to the defendant to rebut it.