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CACI No. 3109

Abduction—Essential Factual Elements (Welf. & Inst. Code,

activein force · 2025-01-01 – presentcompiled-edition

§ 15610.06)

[Name of plaintiff] claims that [[name of individual defendant]/ [and] [name

of employer defendant]] abducted [him/her/ nonbinary pronoun/[name of

decedent]] in violation of the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil

Protection Act. To establish this claim, [name of plaintiff] must prove all

of the following:

1. That [[name of individual defendant]/[name of employer defendant]’s

employee] [removed [name of plaintiff/decedent] from California

and] restrained [him/her/ nonbinary pronoun /[name of decedent]]

from returning to California;

2. That [name of plaintiff/decedent] was [65 years of age or older/a

dependent adult] at the time of the conduct;

3. [That [name of plaintiff/decedent] did not have the capacity to

consent to the [removal and] restraint;]

3. [or]

3. [That [[name of plaintiff/decedent]’s conservator/the court] did not

consent to the [removal and] restraint;]

4. That [name of plaintiff/decedent] was harmed; and

5. That [[name of individual defendant]’s/[name of employer

defendant]’s employee’s] conduct was a substantial factor in

causing [name of plaintiff/decedent]’s harm.

New September 2003; Revised December 2005, October 2008

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courts.ca.gov
Retrieved
2026-08-20
Edition
caci-2025
Content hash
45de0eae08ec6959a116642af8fd9f6c2f74fd8e536cc4c3873cee62528d7ca0
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