California 2019 2019-2020 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB2517 Amended / Bill

Filed 05/04/2020

                    Amended IN  Assembly  May 04, 2020 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2517Introduced by Assembly Member GloriaFebruary 19, 2020 An act to add Section 6342.5 to the Family Code, relating to domestic violence. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2517, as amended, Gloria. Domestic violence. violence: personal property and liens.Existing law enacts procedures to prevent acts of domestic violence, abuse, and sexual abuse and authorizes a court to issue an ex parte order determining the temporary use, possession, and control of real or personal property of the parties and the payment of any liens or encumbrances coming due during the period the order is in effect. Existing law also authorizes a court to issue orders based on ex parte orders, including the above-described order, after notice and a hearing.This bill would authorize, on and after July 1, 2021, the court to include a finding that specific debts were incurred as the result of domestic violence and without the consent of the petitioner. The bill would require the Judicial Council to adopt appropriate forms and modify existing forms to effectuate this change.Existing law enacts procedures to prevent acts of domestic violence, abuse, and sexual abuse, and to provide for a separation of the persons involved in the domestic violence for a period sufficient to enable these persons to seek a resolution of the causes of the violence. Existing law also proscribes, and provides remedies for, the financial abuse of elder and dependent adults.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would address the financial abuse of domestic violence survivors.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: NOYES  Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 6342.5 is added to the Family Code, to read:6342.5. (a) After notice and a hearing, the court may issue an order determining the temporary use, possession, and control of real or personal property of the parties and the payment of any liens or encumbrances coming due during the period the order is in effect.(b) The order described in subdivision (a) may include a finding that specific debts were incurred as the result of domestic violence and without the consent of the petitioner. For purposes of this subdivision, the acts that may support this finding include, but are not limited to, the crimes proscribed by Section 530.5 of the Penal Code. (c) The Judicial Council shall adopt appropriate forms and modify existing forms, as necessary, to effectuate this section.(d) This section shall be operative on July 1, 2021.SECTION 1.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would address the financial abuse of domestic violence survivors.

 Amended IN  Assembly  May 04, 2020 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2517Introduced by Assembly Member GloriaFebruary 19, 2020 An act to add Section 6342.5 to the Family Code, relating to domestic violence. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2517, as amended, Gloria. Domestic violence. violence: personal property and liens.Existing law enacts procedures to prevent acts of domestic violence, abuse, and sexual abuse and authorizes a court to issue an ex parte order determining the temporary use, possession, and control of real or personal property of the parties and the payment of any liens or encumbrances coming due during the period the order is in effect. Existing law also authorizes a court to issue orders based on ex parte orders, including the above-described order, after notice and a hearing.This bill would authorize, on and after July 1, 2021, the court to include a finding that specific debts were incurred as the result of domestic violence and without the consent of the petitioner. The bill would require the Judicial Council to adopt appropriate forms and modify existing forms to effectuate this change.Existing law enacts procedures to prevent acts of domestic violence, abuse, and sexual abuse, and to provide for a separation of the persons involved in the domestic violence for a period sufficient to enable these persons to seek a resolution of the causes of the violence. Existing law also proscribes, and provides remedies for, the financial abuse of elder and dependent adults.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would address the financial abuse of domestic violence survivors.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: NOYES  Local Program: NO 

 Amended IN  Assembly  May 04, 2020

Amended IN  Assembly  May 04, 2020

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill 

No. 2517

Introduced by Assembly Member GloriaFebruary 19, 2020

Introduced by Assembly Member Gloria
February 19, 2020

 An act to add Section 6342.5 to the Family Code, relating to domestic violence. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2517, as amended, Gloria. Domestic violence. violence: personal property and liens.

Existing law enacts procedures to prevent acts of domestic violence, abuse, and sexual abuse and authorizes a court to issue an ex parte order determining the temporary use, possession, and control of real or personal property of the parties and the payment of any liens or encumbrances coming due during the period the order is in effect. Existing law also authorizes a court to issue orders based on ex parte orders, including the above-described order, after notice and a hearing.This bill would authorize, on and after July 1, 2021, the court to include a finding that specific debts were incurred as the result of domestic violence and without the consent of the petitioner. The bill would require the Judicial Council to adopt appropriate forms and modify existing forms to effectuate this change.Existing law enacts procedures to prevent acts of domestic violence, abuse, and sexual abuse, and to provide for a separation of the persons involved in the domestic violence for a period sufficient to enable these persons to seek a resolution of the causes of the violence. Existing law also proscribes, and provides remedies for, the financial abuse of elder and dependent adults.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would address the financial abuse of domestic violence survivors.

Existing law enacts procedures to prevent acts of domestic violence, abuse, and sexual abuse and authorizes a court to issue an ex parte order determining the temporary use, possession, and control of real or personal property of the parties and the payment of any liens or encumbrances coming due during the period the order is in effect. Existing law also authorizes a court to issue orders based on ex parte orders, including the above-described order, after notice and a hearing.

This bill would authorize, on and after July 1, 2021, the court to include a finding that specific debts were incurred as the result of domestic violence and without the consent of the petitioner. The bill would require the Judicial Council to adopt appropriate forms and modify existing forms to effectuate this change.

Existing law enacts procedures to prevent acts of domestic violence, abuse, and sexual abuse, and to provide for a separation of the persons involved in the domestic violence for a period sufficient to enable these persons to seek a resolution of the causes of the violence. Existing law also proscribes, and provides remedies for, the financial abuse of elder and dependent adults.



This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would address the financial abuse of domestic violence survivors.



## Digest Key

## Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 6342.5 is added to the Family Code, to read:6342.5. (a) After notice and a hearing, the court may issue an order determining the temporary use, possession, and control of real or personal property of the parties and the payment of any liens or encumbrances coming due during the period the order is in effect.(b) The order described in subdivision (a) may include a finding that specific debts were incurred as the result of domestic violence and without the consent of the petitioner. For purposes of this subdivision, the acts that may support this finding include, but are not limited to, the crimes proscribed by Section 530.5 of the Penal Code. (c) The Judicial Council shall adopt appropriate forms and modify existing forms, as necessary, to effectuate this section.(d) This section shall be operative on July 1, 2021.SECTION 1.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would address the financial abuse of domestic violence survivors.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 6342.5 is added to the Family Code, to read:6342.5. (a) After notice and a hearing, the court may issue an order determining the temporary use, possession, and control of real or personal property of the parties and the payment of any liens or encumbrances coming due during the period the order is in effect.(b) The order described in subdivision (a) may include a finding that specific debts were incurred as the result of domestic violence and without the consent of the petitioner. For purposes of this subdivision, the acts that may support this finding include, but are not limited to, the crimes proscribed by Section 530.5 of the Penal Code. (c) The Judicial Council shall adopt appropriate forms and modify existing forms, as necessary, to effectuate this section.(d) This section shall be operative on July 1, 2021.

SECTION 1. Section 6342.5 is added to the Family Code, to read:

### SECTION 1.

6342.5. (a) After notice and a hearing, the court may issue an order determining the temporary use, possession, and control of real or personal property of the parties and the payment of any liens or encumbrances coming due during the period the order is in effect.(b) The order described in subdivision (a) may include a finding that specific debts were incurred as the result of domestic violence and without the consent of the petitioner. For purposes of this subdivision, the acts that may support this finding include, but are not limited to, the crimes proscribed by Section 530.5 of the Penal Code. (c) The Judicial Council shall adopt appropriate forms and modify existing forms, as necessary, to effectuate this section.(d) This section shall be operative on July 1, 2021.

6342.5. (a) After notice and a hearing, the court may issue an order determining the temporary use, possession, and control of real or personal property of the parties and the payment of any liens or encumbrances coming due during the period the order is in effect.(b) The order described in subdivision (a) may include a finding that specific debts were incurred as the result of domestic violence and without the consent of the petitioner. For purposes of this subdivision, the acts that may support this finding include, but are not limited to, the crimes proscribed by Section 530.5 of the Penal Code. (c) The Judicial Council shall adopt appropriate forms and modify existing forms, as necessary, to effectuate this section.(d) This section shall be operative on July 1, 2021.

6342.5. (a) After notice and a hearing, the court may issue an order determining the temporary use, possession, and control of real or personal property of the parties and the payment of any liens or encumbrances coming due during the period the order is in effect.(b) The order described in subdivision (a) may include a finding that specific debts were incurred as the result of domestic violence and without the consent of the petitioner. For purposes of this subdivision, the acts that may support this finding include, but are not limited to, the crimes proscribed by Section 530.5 of the Penal Code. (c) The Judicial Council shall adopt appropriate forms and modify existing forms, as necessary, to effectuate this section.(d) This section shall be operative on July 1, 2021.



6342.5. (a) After notice and a hearing, the court may issue an order determining the temporary use, possession, and control of real or personal property of the parties and the payment of any liens or encumbrances coming due during the period the order is in effect.

(b) The order described in subdivision (a) may include a finding that specific debts were incurred as the result of domestic violence and without the consent of the petitioner. For purposes of this subdivision, the acts that may support this finding include, but are not limited to, the crimes proscribed by Section 530.5 of the Penal Code.

 (c) The Judicial Council shall adopt appropriate forms and modify existing forms, as necessary, to effectuate this section.

(d) This section shall be operative on July 1, 2021.



It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would address the financial abuse of domestic violence survivors.