05-45-B IN RE: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE – CHILDREN ATTENDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INJUNCTION HEARINGS - ORDERED 9/21/2005 BY KERRY I. EVANDER
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.)”