FLORIDA: INJUNCTIONS

There are four types of Injunctions for Protection:

Injunctions for Protection against Domestic Violence protect you against family or household members. You can file a petition for an Injunction for Protection against Domestic Violence if your abuser is your husband or wife, your ex-husband or wife, any person related to you by blood or marriage (such as your aunt, cousin or brother-in-law), any person who lives or lived in your household as if they were part of the family (such as a boyfriend or girlfriend of another family member), and the mother or father of your baby, even if they have never lived with you or been married to you.

You may file for an Injunction against Repeat Violence, if the abuser has committed at least two acts of violence (including stalking) against you or a member of your immediate family (your child, your parents, or a sister or brother) and one of those two acts of violence has occurred within the last six months.

You may file for an Injunction Against Dating Violence (including stalking) if you and the abuser have or have had a continuing and significant relationship of a romantic or intimate nature within the past six months. Dating violence does not include violence in a casual acquaintanceship or violence between individuals who have only socialized in a business or social context.

You may file for an Injunction against Sexual Violence if you are a victim of sexual violence as it is defined in the Florida Statutes. To be eligible to file a petition for an Injunction against Sexual Violence you must have reported the incident of violence to the police or other law enforcement agency and be cooperating in any criminal proceeding against the abuser. What is an act of sexual violence under the law is defined in several different sections of the Florida Statutes.