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Panel backs bill to remove notice requirement that can put domestic violence survivors at risk
Summary
AB1675 would eliminate court rules that require some domestic-violence survivors to notify alleged abusers before seeking temporary restraining orders. Sonoma County District Attorney Carla Rodriguez and multiple committee members supported the change as a safety measure; the committee passed the bill to the floor as amended.
Assemblymember Rogers presented AB1675 to the Assembly Judiciary Committee and accepted committee amendments before debate. The bill would prevent courts from imposing a pre-filing notice requirement that can expose domestic-violence survivors to danger when they seek temporary restraining orders.
Carla Rodriguez, Sonoma County district attorney,…
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