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Domestic violence means any assault, aggravated assault, battery, aggravated battery, sexual assault, sexual battery, stalking, aggravated stalking, kidnapping, false imprisonment, or any criminal offense resulting in physical injury or death of one family or household member by another family or household member.
You must file a petition in order to obtain an injunction for protection against domestic violence (sometimes called an injunction or restraining order). Even if you have not been physically battered, you may qualify for an injunction if you have reasonable cause to believe that you are in immediate danger of becoming a victim of domestic violence.
Our Family Law Attorneys regularly encounter instances and allegations of domestic violence while representing clients with their family law cases. Please contact our attorneys if you believe that you are a victim of domestic violence or have been falsely accused of domestic violence.
“The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence defines battering as "a pattern of behavior used to establish power and control over another through fear and intimidation, often including the threat or use of violence." Battering can include physical, psychological, or sexual abuse. The statutory definition of domestic violence in Florida, however, does not include psychological abuse, nor does it require a pattern of behavior. F.S. 741.28(2), 741.30(1)(a). A single incident of abuse meeting the statutory definition constitutes domestic violence” FLORIDA FASTRAIN INJUNCTIONS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE I.A
Furthermore, we have seen some relationships wherein the violence was a passive violence that occurred during the life span of the relationship in which the abused spouse or children eventually believed that what they were living was not violence at all, just a normal part of their mundane life. For this reason, we are listing below signs of domestic violence that you should make our Firm aware of when you initially meet with us so that we can take appropriate measures to protect you and your family from repeat or impending violence.
Prior to our first meeting, please answer the following questions truthfully so that we can help protect you or your family:
1. Does your partner prevent you from seeing your family or friends?
2. Does your partner time your shopping trips or check your odometer when you return?
3. Does your partner call you demeaning names like "stupid," "bitch," or "whore"?
4. Has your partner ever unjustly accused you of having affairs with friends or co-workers?
5. Does your partner constantly criticize you and your abilities?
6. Does your partner intimidate or threaten you?
7. Does your partner grab, push, shove, hit, punch, slap, or kick you or forcibly restrain you from leaving during arguments?
8. Has your partner ever threatened you with a weapon, such as a gun or knife?
9. Has your partner ever prevented you from leaving the house, getting a job, or continuing your education?
10. Has your partner ever destroyed things that you care about, broken furniture, thrown things, or hurt your pets?
11. Has your partner ever forced you to have sex or coerced you to engage in sex that makes you feel uncomfortable? Has your partner ever attempted or threatened suicide or told you "If I can't have you, no one will"?
The Questions above where taken from FLORIDA FASTRAIN INJUNCTIONS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE I.A
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