Title: XIV: Measures to protect victims of violence

When violence committed within a couple, including where there is no cohabitation, or by a former spouse, a former partner linked by a civil solidarity pact or a former cohabitee, including where there has never been cohabitation, endangers the person who is the victim, one or more children, the family affairs judge may issue the latter with a protection order as a matter of urgency.

The protection order is issued by the judge, on application by the person in danger, assisted if necessary, or, with the latter’s agreement, by the public prosecutor. Its issue is not conditional on the existence of a prior criminal complaint. As soon as the application for a protection order is received, the judge summons, by any suitable means, for a hearing, the applicant and the defendant, assisted, if necessary, by…

The protection order is issued by the family affairs judge, within a maximum of six days from the date set for the hearing, if he or she considers, on the basis of the evidence presented before him or her and discussed in the presence of both parties, that there are serious grounds for considering it likely that the alleged acts of violence have been committed and that the victim or…

I.-Where the prohibition provided for in 1° of article 515-11 has been ordered, the family court judge may order a prohibition on approaching the plaintiff at less than a certain distance, which he or she shall determine, and may order, after obtaining the consent of both parties, that each of them wear a mobile electronic anti-approach device enabling them to signal at any time that the defendant is not respecting…

The measures mentioned in article 515-11 are taken for a maximum period of six months from notification of the order. They may be extended if, during this period, an application for divorce or legal separation has been filed or if the family court has been seised of an application relating to the exercise of parental authority. The family affairs judge may, at any time, at the request of the public…

A protection order may also be issued urgently by the judge to an adult threatened with forced marriage, under the conditions set out in Article 515-10. The judge is competent to take the measures mentioned in 1°, 2°, 2° bis, 6° and 7° of Article 515-11. It may also order, at the person’s request, that the person under threat be temporarily banned from leaving the country. This ban on leaving…