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title: "Count how long an order after notice and a hearing stays in force"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-violence-and-protection-orders/count-how-long-a-final-protection-order-stays-in-force/united-states"
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site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A53-MO20261022-11-US"
practice_area: "Family Violence & Protection Orders"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Count how long an order after notice and a hearing stays in force

> From the proposed order, copy any expiration date, whether the orders are personal-conduct, stay-away, or residence-exclusion orders, and whether a renewal request would fall in the three months before expiry.…

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Family Violence & Protection Orders](https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-violence-and-protection-orders.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | From the proposed order, copy any expiration date, whether the orders are personal-conduct, stay-away, or residence-exclusion orders, and whether a renewal request would fall in the three months before expiry. Do not choose the duration. |
| What the lawyer must review | The lawyer chooses the duration and checks the date before it is put to the court. California Family Code section 6345(a) says the personal-conduct, stay-away, and residence-exclusion orders in an order issued after notice and a hearing under that article may have a duration of not more than five years, subject to later termination or modification. They may be renewed, on request, for five or more years, or permanently, without a showing of further abuse since the original order. The renewal request may be brought at any time within the three months before expiration. If the form does not state an expiration date, section 6345(c) creates an order of three years from issuance. Orders for custody, visitation, support, and disposition of property that sit in the same order are governed by the law on those subjects, not by the five-year limit. The Judicial Branch guide likewise says a long-term domestic-violence restraining order can last up to five years. There is no fee to ask for a renewal. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Count how long a final protection order stays in force](https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-violence-and-protection-orders/count-how-long-a-final-protection-order-stays-in-force.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: From the proposed order, copy any expiration date, whether the orders are personal-conduct, stay-away, or residence-exclusion orders, and whether a renewal request would fall in the three months before expiry. Do not choose the duration.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- The five-year limit is for the personal-conduct, stay-away, and residence-exclusion orders described in section 6345(a). A missing end date becomes three years under subsection (c), not five.
- Renewal for five or more years, or permanently, is in the court's discretion and does not require a showing of further abuse. The lawyer still decides what to ask for.

## Sources

- [California Family Code § 6345](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAM&sectionNum=6345.) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [Judicial Branch of California, The restraining order process for domestic violence cases](https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/DV-restraining-order/process) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [Judicial Branch of California, How to renew a domestic violence restraining order](https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/DV-restraining-order/renew) (checked 2026-10-22)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*