CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Domestic Violence
......DVPA: Protective Orders/TROs
.........Criminal Court Orders
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Criminal court may issue protective orders on its own motion to protect victims or witnesses of domestic violence.

Criminal court protective orders.

Postconviction DV RO encompasses a person who was ••actually assaulted•• during DV incident, meeting the broad definition of "victim" set forth in the statutory scheme.

While past harm alone is sufficient for issuing criminal protective order in DV cases, when there is no charge of DV, more is required.

Because it had no authority to impose no-contact order (between D and W & Cs) effective beyond pendency of criminal proceeding, trial court erred.