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:: Domestic Violence Injunctions (Domestic Violence Restraining Orders)

Domestic violence injunctions are available to any family or household member (defined as spouses, former spouses, persons related by blood or marriage (including minors), or any person who is or was residing within a single dwelling as if a family, or a person with whom the you have a child in common. Do not live in fear of being a victim, obtain an injunction to protect yourself.

To obtain a temporary Domestic Violence Injunction, the required domestic relationship, as defined above, must be found to exist, and the court must find that there is an immediate and present danger of domestic violence. To prove that there is an immediate and present danger of domestic violence, you must prove you have been a victim of domestic violence or show reasonable cause to believe you are in imminent danger of becoming a victim.

In determining whether an immediate and present danger of domestic violence exists towards you, the Courts take the following factors into account, which are indicators of elevated danger, and thus reasonable belief that you are in imminent danger of becoming a victim.

• Acts or threats of violence towards petitioner
• Attempts to harm petitioner
• Family members or close associates
• Restraining petitioner from leaving the home or contacting police
• Prior orders of protection
• Injuring or killing a family pet
• Threats to use a gun or knife
• Previous criminal history;
• Threats to kidnap or harm petitioner’s children; and
• Destruction of personal proper

If the court enters a temporary injunction, the court may also order that the respondent not come within 500 feet (including that the Respondent stay away from the petitioner’s residence, place of employment, school, or other places frequented by the Petitioner); that the Petitioner be given exclusive use of the home; that temporary custody of any minor children be given to the Petitioner; and that the Respondent surrender any firearms.

:: Contact Orlando Criminal and Domestic Violence Attorney Richard Hornsby

Please contact Orlando Criminal and Domestic Violence Attorney Richard Hornsby 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, if you are in fear of someone and need to obtain immediate protection. Mr. Hornsby is available any time, day or night, to advise you of the proper course of action to take. The initial consultation is free and Mr. Hornsby will respond promptly to provide you with the representation you deserve because you deserve to live fear free!.

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