AMENDMENTS TO THE CALIFORNIA RULES OF COURT Adopted by the Judicial Council on April 19, 2020, effective April 20 , 2020 Emergency rule 8. Emergency orders: temporary restraining or protective orders ... 2 1 Emergency rule 13. Effective date for requests to modify support .......................... 3 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42

2 Eme rge ncy rule 8. Eme rge ncy orde rs : te mporary re s training or prote ctive orde rs 1 2 (

a) Application 3 4 Notwithstanding any other law, this rule applies to any emergency protective order, 5 temporary restraining order, or criminal protective order that was requested, issued, 6 or set to expire during the state of emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic. 7 This includes requests and orders issued under Family Code sections 6250 or 6300, 8 Code of Civil Procedure sections 527.6 , 527.8, or 527.85, Penal Code sections 9 136.2, 18125 or 18150, or Welfare and Institutions Code sections 213.5, 304, 10 362.4, or 15657.03, and including any of the foregoing orders issued in connection 11 with an order for modification of a custody or visitation order issued pursuant to a 12 dissolution, legal separation, nullity, or parentage proceeding under Family Code 13

section 6221. 14 15 (

b) Duration of orde rs 16 17

(1) Any emergency protective order made under Family Code

section 6250 that 18 is issued or set to expire during the state of emergency, must remain in effect 19 for up to 30 days from the date of issuance. 20 21

(2) Any temporary restraining order or gun violence emergency protective order, 22 issued or set to expire during the state of emergency related to the COVID-19 23 pandemic, must be continued remain in effect for a period of time that the 24 court determines is sufficient to allow for a hearing on the long-term order to 25 occur, for up to 90 days. 26 27

(3) Any criminal protective order, subject to this rule, set to expire during the 28 state of emergency, must be automatically extended for a period of 90 days, 29 or until the matter can be heard, whichever occurs first. 30 31

(4) Upon the filing of a request to renew a restraining order after hearing, that is 32 set to expire during the state of emergency related to the COVID-19 33 pandemic, the current restraining order after hearing must remain in effect 34 until a hearing on the renewal can occur, for up to 90 days from the date of 35 expiration. 36 Any restraining order or protective order after hearing that is set to expire 37 during the state of emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic must be 38 automatically extended for up to 90 days from the date of expiration to enable 39 a protected party to seek a renewal of the restraining order. 40 41 (Subd (

b) amended effective April 20, 2020.) 42

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c) Ex parte requests and requests to renew restraining orders 1 2

(1) Courts must provide a means for the filing of ex parte requests for temporary 3 restraining orders and requests to renew restraining orders. Courts may do so 4 by providing a physical location, drop box, or, if feasible, through electronic 5 means. 6 7

(2) Any ex parte request and request to renew restraining orders may be filed 8 using an electronic signature by a party or a party’s attorney. 9 10 (Subd (

c) amended effective April 20, 2020.) 11 12 Eme rge ncy rule 13. Effective date for requests to modify support 13 14 (

a) Application 15 16 Notwithstanding any other law, including Family Code sections 3591, 3603, 3653, 17 and 4333, this rule applies to all requests to modify or terminate child, spousal, 18 partner, or family support. For the purpose of this rule, “request” refers to Request 19 for Order (form FL-300), Notice of Motion (Governmental) (form FL-680), or 20 other moving papers requesting a modification of support. 21 22 (

b) Effe ctive date of modification 23 24 Except as provided in Family Code

section 3653(b), an order modifying or 25 terminating a support order may be made effective as of the date the request and 26 supporting papers are mailed or otherwise served on the other party, or other 27 party’s attorney when permitted. Nothing in this rule restricts the court’s discretion 28 to order a later effective date. 29 30 (

c) Service of filed request 31 32 If the request and supporting papers that were served have not yet been filed with 33 the court, the moving party must also serve a copy of the request and supporting 34 papers after they have been filed with the court on the other party, or other party’s 35 attorney when permitted. If the moving party is the local child support agency and 36 the unfiled request already has a valid court date and time listed, then subsequent 37 service of the request is not required. 38 39 (

d) Court dis cre tion 40 41 Nothing in this rule is meant to limit court discretion or to alter rule 5.92 or 5.260 42 regarding which moving papers are required to request a modification of support. 43

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e) Sunset of rule 2 3 This rule will remain in effect until 90 days after the Governor declares that the 4 state of emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic is lifted, or until amended or 5 repealed by the Judicial Council. 6 7 Emergency Rule 13 adopted effective April 20,2020. 8