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Rules and Forms | Protective Orders: Civil Harassment Forms to Implement Senate Bill 554 (Action Required)
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Summary
Summary
The Civil and Small Claims Advisory Committee recommends revisions to two civil harassment restraining order forms to implement Senate Bill 554 (Stats. 2024, ch. 652). The petition (form CH-100) included in this proposal also contains proposed revisions to implement Senate Bill 899 (Stats. 2024, ch. 544).
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Recommendation
Recommendation
The Civil and Small Claims Advisory Committee recommends that the Judicial Council, effective January 1, 2026:
1. Revise Request for Civil Harassment Restraining Orders (form CH-100) to implement legislation relating to venue in civil harassment restraining order cases (Sen. Bill 544) and to implement legislation relating to firearm and ammunition relinquishment (Sen. Bill 899); and
2. Revise Can a Civil Harassment Restraining Order Help Me?
(form CH-100-INFO) to reflect SB 544’s venue provisions and to specify that a petitioner does not need to be a resident of California to file a petition for a civil harassment restraining order.
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