04-48, SUPERSEDES 95-27 IN RE: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - PROCEDURE FOR ORDERS TO SHOW CAUSE AND PROSECUTION OF VIOLATIONS OF INJUNCTIONS FOR PROTECTION (DOMESTIC, REPEAT, SEXUAL AND DATING VIOLENCE) - ORDERED 10/29/2004 BY JAMES E.C. PERRY
EXCERPT: “WHEREAS it is the intent of the legislature as expressed in Section 741.2901, 741.2902, 741.30, and 741.31, 784.046, and 784.047 Florida Statutes, that criminal prosecution shall be the favored method of enforcing compliance with injunctions for protection against domestic violence; and WHEREAS the legislature acknowledges the Court’s inherent right to enforce compliance with injunctions for protection against domestic violence through indirect criminal contempt; and WHEREAS, the legislature directs the Court, the Clerk of the Circuit Court, and the State Attorney to develop procedures for the receipt and processing of violations of injunctions for protection against domestic, repeat, sexual, and dating violence, it has become necessary to review and revise existing procedures to conform with these new laws: IT IS ORDERED: (Open AO for more information.)”
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