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Cal. Family Code § 6211 (2026)

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“Domestic violence” is abuse perpetrated against any of the following persons:

(a)A spouse or former spouse.

(b)A cohabitant or former cohabitant, as defined in Section 6209.

(c)A person with whom the respondent is having or has had a dating or engagement relationship.

(d)A person with whom the respondent has had a child, where the presumption applies that the male parent is the father of the child of the female parent under the Uniform Parentage Act (Part 3 (commencing with Section 7600) of Division 12).

(e)A child of a party or a child who is the subject of an action under the Uniform Parentage Act, where the presumption applies that the male parent is the father of the child to be protected.

(f)Any other person related by consanguinity or affinity within the second degree.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 154 cases (92 in the last 5 years), 1998–2026 · leading case: People v. Brown, 94 P.3d 574 (Cal. 2004).
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People v. Brown, 94 P.3d 574 (Cal. 2004). · cites it 4× “Nothing in the majority's reasoning suggests any basis for a different standard of admissibility for defense expert testimony under section 801 or limits the defense from similarly introducing non-BWS domestic violence evidence based on only a single battering incident.”
People v. Dallas, 165 Cal. App. 4th 940 (Cal. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 4× “Family Code section 6211, however, defines domestic violence more broadly as including abuse committed against either “[a] cohabitant or former cohabitant, as defined in Section 6209” (Fam.”
People v. Kovacich, 201 Cal. App. 4th 863 (Cal. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “) Family Code section 6211 expands the definition of “domestic violence” to include abuse committed against a “child of a party or a child who is the subject of an action under the Uniform Parentage Act, where the presumption applies that the male parent is the father of the…”
Pugliese v. Superior Court, 2007 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 880 (Cal. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “” Family Code section 6211 defines “domestic violence” as “abuse perpetrated against .”
People v. SELGA, 75 Cal. Rptr. 3d 453 (Cal. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “(Fam. Code, § 6211; fn. 2, ante.) Defendant and Huck had none of these relationships.”
People v. Williams, 232 Cal. Rptr. 3d 671 (Cal. Ct. App. 5th 2018). “The other, Family Code section 6211, subdivision (f), would include the former mother-in-law (a person "related by .”
People v. Megown, 238 Cal. Rptr. 3d 911 (Cal. Ct. App. 5th 2018). “) Evidence Code section 1109 defines "domestic violence" by referencing Penal Code section 13700 and *919 Family Code section 6211. ( § 1109, subd.”
People v. Brown, 192 Cal. App. 4th 1222 (Cal. Ct. App. 2011). “) Family Code section 6211 defines domestic violence “more broadly” than the more restrictive provisions of Penal Code section 13700.”
People v. Wutzke, 51 P.3d 310 (Cal. 2002). “(e)(1) [limiting the scope of the spousal testimonial privilege in cases involving a spouse, “child, parent, relative, or cohabitant' (italics added)]; Fam. Code, § 6211, subd. (c) [applying domestic violence protections to persons in a “dating or engagement relationship"…”
Burquet v. Brumbaugh CA2/5, 223 Cal. App. 4th 1140 (Cal. Ct. App. 2014). “[][] (c) a person with whom the respondent is having or has had a dating or engagement relationship.” Family Code section 6320, subdivision (a) provides: “The court may issue an .”
Cline v. Reetz-Laiolo, 329 F. Supp. 3d 1000 (N.D. Cal. 2018). “Cal. Fam. Code § 6211 . Cline contends that her domestic violence claim is timely because it is extended by the additional acts of abuse as defined by the Family Code, which occurred during the three years prior to the tolling agreement.”
People v. Ogle, 185 Cal. App. 4th 1138 (Cal. Ct. App. 2010). “) This analysis was accepted by the Zavala court without discussion, but it overlooks Family Code section 6211, which defines domestic violence more broadly and includes stalking.”
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— Cal. Family Code § 6211(c) — 1 case
Mascardo v. Ashcroft, 71 F. App'x 715 (9th Cir. 2003).
— Cal. Family Code § 6211(f) — 2 cases
State v. Nemeth, 694 N.E.2d 1332 (Ohio 1998).
State v. Nemeth, 1998 Ohio 376 (Ohio 1998).
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