Florida Petition for Injunction for Protection Against Dating Violence

Protects you or your child from being harmed or threatened by the person who's abused you - this is called a 'non-molestation order' decides who can live in the family home or enter the surrounding area - this is called an 'occupation order'

What is the purpose of an injunction? Injunctive relief is appropriate to prevent a harmful action, to put a stop to ongoing or repeated conduct that violates a person's rights or causes injury, or to force a defendant to take action in order to prevent harm.

The usual purpose of an injunction is to preserve the status quo in situations in which further acts of the specified type, or the failure to perform such acts, would cause one of the parties irreparable harm (i.e., harm that cannot be adequately remedied by an award of monetary damages).

Definition: An injunction is a court order requiring a person to do or cease doing a specific action.Choosing whether to grant temporary injunctive relief is up to the discretion of the court. Permanent injunctions are issued as a final judgment in a case, where monetary damages will not suffice.

An injunction is a legal and equitable remedy in the form of a special court order that compels a party to do or refrain from specific acts.They can also be charged with contempt of court. Counterinjunctions are injunctions that stop or reverse the enforcement of another injunction.

The court can make an order or injunction that the person harassing you must stop their behaviour. If they don't stop harassing you after the court has made an injunction against them, it's a criminal offence and they can be prosecuted in the criminal courts.

An application for an interim injunction must usually be supported by evidence. This will usually be in the form of a witness statement or affidavit including all material facts of which the Court should be made aware, and attaching relevant documents.

An injunction is more than a restraining order in many cases. Depending on the circumstances surrounding the filing of an injunction, you may lose the right to own firearms. When an injunction is taken out against a spouse or family member, there is also the risk of the individual losing his or her home.