Form Ch-120 - Response To Request For Civil Harassment Restraining Orders (Page 2 of 9) in pdf

How Can I Respond to a Request for

CH-120-INFO

Civil Harassment Restraining Orders?

How long does the order last?

What if I don't speak English?

If the court issued a temporary restraining order before

When you file your papers, ask the clerk if a court

the hearing, it will last until your hearing date. At that

interpreter is available. You may have to pay a fee for

time, the court will decide to continue or cancel the

the interpreter. If an interpreter is not available for your

order. Any order issued at the hearing can last for up to

court date, bring someone to interpret for you. You

five years.

should ask someone age 18 or older to interpret for you.

Do I need a lawyer?

What if I have a gun?

Having a lawyer is always a good idea, but it is not

required, and you are not entitled to a free court-

If a restraining order is issued, you cannot own, possess,

appointed attorney. Ask the court clerk about free and

or have a gun, other firearm, or ammunition while the

low-cost legal services and self-help centers in your

order is in effect. If you have a gun or other firearm in

county.

your immediate possession or control, you must sell it to

or store it with a licensed gun dealer, or turn it in to a

Will I see the person who asked for

law enforcement agency.

the order at the court hearing?

Can I agree with the protected person

Yes. Assume that the person who is asking for the order

to cancel the order?

will attend the hearing. Do not talk to him or her unless

the judge or that person’s attorney says that you can.

No. Once the order is issued, only the judge can change

or cancel it. You or the protected person would have to

Can I bring a witness to the court hearing?

file a request with the court to cancel the order.

Yes. You can bring witnesses or documents that support

What if I am deaf or hard of hearing?

your case to the hearing. But if possible, you should also

bring the witnesses’ written statements of what they saw

Assistive listening systems, computer-

or heard. Their statements must be made under penalty

assisted real-time captioning, or sign

of perjury. You can use Form MC-030 for this.

language interpreter services are

available if you ask at least five court

For help in your area, contact:

days before the hearing. Contact the

clerk’s office or go to

[Local information may be inserted.]

for Request

for Accommodations by Persons with

Disabilities and Response (Form

MC-410). (Civ. Code, § 54.8.)

CH-120-INFO,

Page 2 of 2

Revised July 1, 2014

How Can I Respond to a Request for Civil

Harassment Restraining Orders?

(Civil Harassment Prevention)

Form Ch-120 - Response To Request For Civil Harassment Restraining Orders Page 2

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