Existing law establishes the Domestic Violence Prevention Act for the purpose of preventing acts of domestic violence, abuse, and sexual abuse and providing for a separation of the persons involved in the domestic violence for a period sufficient to enable those persons to seek a resolution of the causes of the violence. Under existing law, the act authorizes the court to issue a protective order, as defined, either ex parte or after a hearing, to restrain a person to prevent the recurrence of domestic violence.
This bill would prohibit prehearing discovery procedures, including, but not limited to, depositions, requests for production, or requests for admission, in procedures for ex parte or other specified domestic violence restraining orders unless specifically authorized by the court for good cause shown upon written motion of a party, filed 6
judicial days prior to the hearing, and served prior to the hearing.