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A Civil Harassment Restraining Order (CHO) is a form of restraining order or order of protection used in the state of California. It is a legal intervention in which a person who is deemed to be harassing, threatening or stalking another person is ordered to stop, with the goal of reducing risk of further threat or harm to the person being harassed. Some restraining orders are limited to domestic partners, but the CHO is not. It is frequently used with the purpose of preventing harassment by co-workers, neighbours, strangers and acquaintances.[1]
Pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure section 527.6(b), in order to justify a CHO, the harassment must be "such as would cause a reasonable person to suffer substantial emotional distress and must actually cause substantial emotional distress to the victim."[2]
- ^ Lane, Lindsay. "ASUC Student Legal Clinic". Domestic Violence, Restraining Orders and Stalking. Associated Students of the University of California. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
- ^ "CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE SECTION 525-534". The Legislative Counsel of California. Archived from the original on 30 October 2010. Retrieved 14 June 2011.