Family Code - FAM
DIVISION 10. PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE [6200 - 6460]
( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 219, Sec. 154. ) PART 4. PROTECTIVE ORDERS AND OTHER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ORDERS [6300 - 6389]
( Part 4 added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 219, Sec. 154. ) CHAPTER 3. Registration and Enforcement of Orders [6380 - 6389]
( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 219, Sec. 154. ) 6386.
(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.)