{"data":{"id":"us-ca/fam-245","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"FAM § 245","heading":"","body":"(a) The respondent shall be entitled, as a matter of course, to one continuance for a reasonable period, to respond to the petition.\n(b) Either party may request a continuance of the hearing, which the court shall grant on a showing of good cause. The request may be made in writing before or at the hearing or orally at the hearing. The court may also grant a continuance on its own motion.\n(c) If the court grants a continuance, any temporary restraining order that has been issued shall remain in effect until the end of the continued hearing, unless otherwise ordered by the court. In granting a continuance, the court may modify or terminate a temporary restraining order.\n(d) If the court grants a continuance, the extended temporary restraining order shall state on its face the new date of expiration of the order.\n(e) A fee shall not be charged for the extension of the temporary restraining order.","path":["Family Code - FAM","DIVISION 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS [200. - 295.]","PART 4. EX PARTE TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDERS [240. - 246.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"b83982719a0c9082cb51d888cd4ba07a07de71f16c2b1fe84249c358e7f7be9e","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/fam-244","next":"us-ca/fam-246"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}