CHILDREN ATTENDING INJUNCTION HEARINGS – Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Courts https://flcourts18.org Proudly Serving the Citizens of Brevard & Seminole Counties Tue, 05 Nov 2024 19:03:44 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://flcourts18.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/blueseal-100x100.png CHILDREN ATTENDING INJUNCTION HEARINGS – Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Courts https://flcourts18.org 32 32 2005 Admin Order 05-45-b https://flcourts18.org/document/05-45-b/ Tue, 30 Nov 2021 20:58:11 +0000 https://flcourts18.org/document/05-45-b/ EXCERPT: “WHEREAS, FS § 741 authorizes the filing of an Injunction on behalf of a minor child; and WHEREAS, Fla. Fam. L.R.P. 12.407 prohibits the attendance of a minor child at any court hearing, including Domestic Violence Injunction Proceedings, without prior Court approval; and WHEREAS, that due to mandated time constraints and congested court dockets, there may not be enough time and notice to have a motion for the minor child to testify heard prior to the Final Injunction hearing; and WHEREAS, the moving party may not be able to prove that violence occurred on behalf of the minor child without the attendance and testimony of the minor child; and WHEREAS, the adoption of the following provision will provide for the proper administration of hearing Domestic Violence cases on behalf of a minor child within the Eighteenth Circuit, it is ORDERED: (Open AO for more information.)”

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