No. SB 1644
Filed under Criminal Justice.
Interpersonal Violence Injunctions; Revising the required forms, motions, and information all clerk of the court offices must provide to assist petitioners; revising the factors the court is required to consider and evaluate in determining whether a petitioner has reasonable cause to believe that he or she is in imminent danger of becoming a victim of domestic violence; prohibiting a court from issuing mutual orders of protection; requiring the court, upon the filing of a petition for an injunction for protection against stalking, to review the petition ex parte and set a final hearing at the earliest possible time under certain circumstances, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDCourts are prohibited from issuing mutual orders of protection in domestic violence cases. This ensures the victim receives exclusive protection without the abuser gaining reciprocal rights.
Judges must immediately review petitions and set final hearings at the earliest possible time if imminent danger appears. This accelerates legal protection for victims facing urgent threats.
Respondents must be personally served by a law enforcement officer before final hearings. This removes alternative service methods and ensures direct, official notification to the accused party.
Courts must provide written legal grounds when denying temporary injunctions. This creates a formal record explaining why immediate protection was refused to the petitioner.
AICourts are barred from issuing a single order that protects both parties in a domestic violence case.
AICourts must immediately review petitions and set a final hearing if the petitioner appears to be in imminent danger.
AIRespondents must be personally served by a law enforcement officer before the final hearing.
AICourts must immediately review stalking petitions and set a final hearing if stalking appears to exist, rather than waiting for a full hearing.
AIRespondents in stalking cases must be personally served by a law enforcement officer, removing the option for service by other means.
AIThe statewide database now includes dating, sexual, and stalking violence injunctions in addition to domestic and repeat violence.
AICourts must provide written legal grounds when denying a request for an ex parte temporary injunction.
AICourts must now consider strangulation and other forms of abuse when evaluating a petitioner's claim of imminent danger.