Protective orders: enforcement.

This bill would eliminate the requirement of residence with the plaintiff. (1) Existing law provides that a hearing on a petition for a civil harassment or workplace violence restraining order must be held within 15 days from the date a temporary restraining order is issued, or within 21 days, if good cause appears to the court. This bill would provide that a hearing on a petition for a civil harassment or workplace violence restraining order must be held within 21 days from the date a temporary restraining order is granted or denied, or within 25 days, if good cause appears to the court. (2) Existing law requires the court to order the plaintiff, or his or her attorney, to deliver a copy of each civil harassment, workplace violence, or elder or dependent adult abuse restraining order to specified law enforcement agencies within one business day. Existing law requires the Department of Justice to maintain a statewide telecommunications system, entitled the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System, for use by law enforcement agencies. This bill would provide that courts may alternately transmit these orders to law enforcement for entry into the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS) , or enter the order directly into CLETS with the approval of the Department of Justice. (3) Existing law provides that an elder or dependent adult who has suffered abuse may seek a protective order. This bill would allow an action to be brought on behalf of an elder or dependent adult by a conservator or by specified other authorized persons. (4) Existing law authorizes a court, on a showing of good cause, to include in a civil harassment restraining order other named family or household members who reside with the plaintiff. (5) This bill also would make technical and conforming changes to those provisions of law that govern the issuance of protective orders.