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Continuing Your Civil Harassment Court Date

There are two ways you can continue your court date on your Civil Harassment case. If you have been unable to serve the respondent, you will need to obtain an “Application and Order for Reissuance of Order to Show Cause (Harassment),” Judicial Council form CH-125. You may obtain a copy of the form at any clerk’s office between the hours of 8:00 am and 5:00 pm or you can download the form from the Judicial Council’s web site. The form must be completed and filed along with a copy of your prior Application for Civil Harassment Restraining Order attached to the form, prior to the date of your scheduled hearing. You may also orally request a continuance in court during your hearing. If you request for continuance is granted, the Judge will sign the Application and Order for Reissuance form for you to obtain a new hearing date. Both methods of continuing the court date extend you Temporary Restraining Order so you will be protected until the new hearing date.

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	Estimated that 820,000 elders became victims of elder abuse in 1994 The National Aging Resource Center on Elder Abuse (now the National Center on Elder Abuse) estimated that in 2004 there were 820,000 elders became victims of elder abuse. 106 percent increase in the number of reported cases between 1986 and 1994, from 117,000 to 241,000.