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Emergency Injunction Form With Court In Hillsborough
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Having an injunction on your record could affect your job, especially if you work in a profession that requires background checks or if your job involves contact with the public. Under Florida law, if you are subject to a domestic violence injunction, you will lose your right to possess firearms.
Injunction hearings are not designed to resolve all issues with property and children permanently. Their purpose is to deter violence and threats of violence by ordering people to stay away form each other and to make temporary arrangements for children and property until the issues are resolved in another court.
(1) that it has suffered an irreparable injury; (2) that remedies available at law, such as monetary damages, are inadequate to compensate for that injury; (3) that, considering the balance of hardships between the parties, a remedy in equity is warranted; and (4) that the public interest would not be disserved by ...
Standard of Proof In Florida, a petitioner for an injunction must establish by “preponderance of the evidence” (i.e. greater weight of the evidence) that he or she is either a victim of domestic violence or is in imminent danger of being a victim of domestic violence.
Using an injunction carries disadvantages as well. For one, courts generally use injunctions only to prevent a party from doing something. Aside from specific performance, where a court forces a party to fulfill a contractual obligation, it is more difficult to use an injunction to force another party to do something.
If you have a full hearing, the judge will listen to both parties, witnesses, and review the evidence. At your hearing, you will have a chance to talk to the judge about what the other person said you did or alleged in the petition. If the final injunction is entered, it is not a “two-way” order.
At the hearing, you can defend yourself by demonstrating that the claims against you are false or exaggerated. You might also argue that the injunction is unnecessary or that the petitioner is using the injunction process to gain an unfair advantage in a related issue, such as a custody dispute or divorce.
A hearing will be set within 15 days, and the Sheriff's Office will attempt to personally serve the person who the injunction is filed against (the respondent) with the injunction paperwork.
These are the most common ways you can beat an injunction: Petitioner voluntarily dismisses it. Petitioner does not show up to the final injunction hearing. Petitioner agrees to keep the injunction temporary. Fighting the injunction in court (this one is the hardest and most expensive option).
A court may deny an injunction if you cannot prove right away that there are threats of physical harm. Even if the court grants a temporary order, it can reject a permanent one. The most common reasons injunctions get denied are: Lying.