{"id":1279,"date":"2022-06-21T11:27:47","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T11:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/breakthecycle.org\/i_4hi4_whatrestraining\/"},"modified":"2023-12-15T19:22:27","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T19:22:27","slug":"i_4hi4_whatrestraining","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.breakthecycle.org\/i_4hi4_whatrestraining\/","title":{"rendered":"What a domestic violence restraining order in California can and can&#39;t do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"o877gxqusjkh4ofpr\"><span style=\"color: #cccc00;\">A restraining order <\/span><span style=\"color: #cccc00;\">can:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Order the abuser not to harass, attack, hit, threaten, sexually assault, telephone the victim, disturb the victim&#8217;s peace, or contact the victim in any way.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Order the abuser to stay a certain distance away from the victim, and the victim&#8217;s home, work, or school.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Order the abuser to move out of the victim&#8217;s home regardless of who is on the lease or who holds title to the property.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Make custody, visitation and child support orders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Give the victim use and control of shared property, such as furniture or a car.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Order the abuser to pay the victim&#8217;s attorney&#8217;s fees and costs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Order the abuser to pay any expenses caused by recent violence, such as medical or hospital bills, temporary housing or damaged property.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Order the abuser to get counseling.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Order the abuser to turn over any firearms he has and prohibit him from legally possessing any other firearms for as long as the restraining order is in effect.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"o877gxqusjkh4ofpr\"><span style=\"color: #cccc00;\">A restraining order <b>can&#8217;t<\/b>:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Guarantee<\/i> the victim&#8217;s personal safety.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Guarantee<\/i> the abuser will not still be able to intimidate or scare the victim.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Guarantee<\/i> the safety and well-being of the victim&#8217;s children.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Give the victim <i>permanent<\/i> use and control of property belonging to the abuser.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Guarantee<\/i> the abuser will be out of the victim&#8217;s life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Guarantee<\/i> the abuser will not destroy property that may be irreplaceable, such as photos or family treasures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;<i>Cure<\/i>&#8221; the abuser.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Prevent the abuser from getting a gun illegally.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Act as a bulletproof shield.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"cpx\">\u00a91998-2005 Break the Cycle. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A restraining order can: Order the abuser not to harass, attack, hit, threaten, sexually assault, &#8230; <a title=\"What a domestic violence restraining order in California can and can&#039;t do\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breakthecycle.org\/i_4hi4_whatrestraining\/\" aria-label=\"More on What a domestic violence restraining order in California can and can&#039;t do\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthecycle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1279"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthecycle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthecycle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthecycle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthecycle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1279"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthecycle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4163,"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthecycle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1279\/revisions\/4163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthecycle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}