Notice of Court Hearing (Domestic Violence Prevention)
Notice of court hearing on a DV restraining order request.
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What is DV-109?
California Judicial Council mandatory-use Notice of Court Hearing under Family Code sections 242 and 6320.5. The petitioner pre-fills items 1 and 2 (petitioner name, restrained-person name) and brings DV-109 to the clerk together with DV-100 and CLETS-001 (and DV-110 if a TRO is requested). The CLERK fills the hearing date, time, department, and room (item 3) and stamps the case number; the JUDGE rules on the TRO request and marks item 4. Item 6 is the service-of-papers list with a default 5-day personal-service deadline that the court may shorten. The petitioner then has someone over 18 (not them, not a protected person) personally serve the file-stamped DV-109 along with DV-100, DV-110 (if granted), DV-120, DV-120-INFO, and any DV-165 / DV-170 (if a minor's information is being protected) on the restrained person.
What happens if you miss the deadline: Missing the 5-day service deadline usually means the court continues the hearing rather than dismissing the case. Use form DV-115-INFO to ask for a new hearing date if you cannot get service done in time.
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Court county and address. Same court as DV-100.
Case number on page 1. Clerk stamps it on at filing.
Case number page 2 caption.
Case number page 3 caption.
Item 1: petitioner name. Same as DV-100 item 1a.
Item 2: restrained person name. Same as DV-100 item 2a.
Item 3 hearing date. CLERK fills.
Item 3 hearing time. CLERK fills.
Item 3 department. CLERK fills.
Item 3 room. CLERK fills.
Item 3 different court address. CLERK fills if hearing is at a different branch.
Item 4a(1): all TROs granted. JUDGE fills.
Item 4a(2): all TROs denied. JUDGE fills.
Item 4a(3): partly granted, partly denied. JUDGE fills.
Item 4b: reasons for denial. JUDGE fills.
Item 4b(1): no reasonable proof of past abuse. JUDGE fills.
Item 4b(2): not enough detail. JUDGE fills.
Item 4b(3): other reasons. JUDGE fills.
Item 4b(3): other reasons text. JUDGE fills.
Item 5: confidentiality of minor info granted (DV-160). COURT fills.
Item 6 default 5-day service deadline. Family Code section 242.
Item 6: court shortened the days.
Item 6: shortened days count.
Item 6b: DV-110 must be served. COURT checks if TRO granted.
Item 6e: DV-170 / DV-165 must be served if minor confidentiality granted. COURT fills.
Item 6f: other forms to serve. COURT fills.
Item 6f: other forms text. COURT fills.
Judge signature date. JUDGE fills.
Clerk's certificate date (page 3). CLERK fills.
Clerk name and deputy (page 3). CLERK fills.