Feb 4, 2023 | Restraining Orders
According to Florida law, ex-parte domestic violence injunctions are effective for a fixed period not exceeding 15 days. However, if necessary, the court may grant a continuance to extend the Domestic Violence injunction beyond this time frame: (c) Any such ex parte...
Jan 22, 2023 | Restraining Orders
According to Florida law, there are 8 ways someone can violate a domestic violence restraining order: 1. Refusing to vacate the dwelling that the parties share; 2. Going to, or being within 500 feet of, the petitioner’s residence, school, place of employment, or a...
Jan 22, 2023 | Restraining Orders
According to Florida law, both case law and statutory law, a victim must provide competent, substantial evidence that he or she is in imminent danger (see a list of 10 factors below) of becoming a victim of domestic violence in order for a domestic violence...
Jan 20, 2023 | Restraining Orders
According to Florida case law, a victim needs competent, substantial evidence of stalking which can include a pattern of conduct composed of a series of acts over a period of time: Here, the petitioner testified to multiple occasions where the minor child shouted...
Apr 7, 2022 | Restraining Orders
According to Florida case law as of the date of this article, frequently called law enforcement officers to complain about another party merely for harassment purposes is not domestic violence: “the crime of “harassment” does not include filing reports and...
Mar 31, 2022 | Restraining Orders
According to Florida case law as of the date of this article, cyberstalking is a form of domestic violence against which a person may obtain an injunction: “Cyberstalk” means to engage in a course of conduct to communicate, or to cause to be communicated, words,...
