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Overview Violating a Dating Violence Injunction in Florida is a serious criminal offense with immediate and long-term consequences. These injunctions—issued under Florida Statute §784.046—are not mere civil directives. They are enforceable court orders with the full authority of the criminal justice system behind them. When a respondent defies an injunction by contacting, stalking, harassing, threatening,…

Overview Once you file a Petition for Injunction for Protection Against Dating Violence in Florida (Form 12.980(n)), a structured series of legal, administrative, and enforcement steps immediately follows. The process is designed to provide rapid protection for victims while ensuring due process for the respondent. Florida’s statutory framework under Section 784.046 guarantees that every petition…

Overview Florida’s injunction framework provides multiple protective remedies designed to stop violence, threats, and stalking between individuals in varying types of relationships. The two most commonly filed are the Domestic Violence Injunction under § 741.30 and the Dating Violence Injunction under § 784.046. Although both result in enforceable court orders that restrain a respondent from…

Overview A Dating Violence Injunction is one of Florida’s most powerful civil remedies for individuals who are, or have been, in a romantic or intimate relationship and who fear violence from that partner. Petitioners often assume that pursuing this legal protection will incur significant court fees or legal expenses. In reality, Florida law deliberately removes…