Read about the law in Code of Civil Procedure section 5276.
Is it against the law to threaten to hit someone. Threats of Violence Against Individuals. Most of the time it could be considered as negotiation tactics. It is against the law to be violent towards any person a man woman child or a family member.
California law recognizes that because elderly and dependent victims are particularly vulnerable additional protections and harsher penalties are needed to prevent crimes from happening to them. Threats and harassment are both illegal and each individual state has different laws regarding these crimes. In many cases the aggressor may be arrested and may face assault charges.
Just because a person is not convicted does not mean they will avoid being charged and arrested for verbal harassment. So the same conduct that is considered a criminal threat in one state may be classified as an assault in another. A court can impose several possible penalties on someone who was convicted of making criminal threats.
Domestic and family violence are crimes against the law. One of which is a legal threat where a person would take legal action against the other party and often comes with a demand. But in real life hauling off and clocking someone is not only a great way to break your hand but in the majority of cases illegal.
Under this provision it is also an offence to threaten to destroy or damage ones own property in a way that is likely to endanger the life of another person or cause bodily injury to another person. If someone in your life or an ex-spouse or ex-lover hurts you physically we will arrest the offender and change them with an offence. Also a person who threatens a peace officer elected official or who threatens.
If the offender intimidates you threatens you or harasses you we can apply to the court for a special order called an Apprehended Violence Order. Domestic and family violence. After all criminal charges should stem from criminal actions not from whether the victim feels like filing charges on a particular day.