2013 California Code
Family Code - FAM
DIVISION 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS
PART 4. EX PARTE TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDERS
242
(a) Within 21 days, or, if good cause appears to the court, 25 days from the date that a temporary order is granted or denied, a hearing shall be held on the petition. If no request for temporary orders is made, the hearing shall be held within 21 days, or, if good cause appears to the court, 25 days from the date that the petition is filed.
(b) If a hearing is not held within the time provided in subdivision (a), the court may nonetheless hear the matter, but the order is unenforceable unless reissued under Section 245.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 572, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2011. Operative January 1, 2012, by Sec. 28 of Ch. 572.)
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