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DIVISION 10. PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 6200-6460›PART 4. PROTECTIVE ORDERS AND OTHER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ORDERS 6300-6389›CHAPTER 3. Registration and Enforcement of Orders 6380-6389

§ 6386

California Family Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(a) The court may, in its discretion, appoint counsel to represent the petitioner in a proceeding to enforce the terms of a protective order, as defined in Section 6218.

(b) In a proceeding in which private counsel was appointed by the court pursuant to subdivision (a), the court may order the respondent to pay reasonable attorney’s fees and costs incurred by the petitioner.

(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 219, Sec. 154. Effective January 1, 1994.)

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