Anyone subject to a domestic violence restraining order must give up all firearms and ammunition within 24 hours of service.

After a domestic violence restraining order, you must surrender firearms to police or a licensed dealer and file Form DV-800.

Gaslighting makes someone doubt their own perceptions and memory, and there are ways to recognize, prove and address it in court.

Courts can order one party to pay the other’s attorney’s fees and costs in a domestic violence restraining order case.

Standard family law restraining orders are four automatic orders that take effect when a divorce petition is filed and served.

California has four types of restraining orders: domestic violence, civil harassment, elder abuse and workplace violence.

Coercive control is non-physical abuse like isolation and financial control, which California recognizes as domestic violence.