Family law: court reporters.

Existing law, the Domestic Violence Prevention Act, provides for the issuance of emergency protective orders and other protective orders for the prevention of domestic violence. Existing law also requires a family court to determine child custody in proceedings for dissolution of marriage, nullity of marriage, and legal separation of the parties, petitions for exclusive custody of a child, and proceedings under the Domestic Violence Prevention Act. Existing law requires an official reporter or official reporter pro tempore of the superior court to take down in shorthand all testimony and other information in proceedings before the court in civil cases on order of the court and at the request of a party or counsel. This bill would require the court to provide a court reporter at every hearing at which testimony is received in either a proceeding that relates to child custody or a proceeding under the Domestic Violence Prevention Act.