Criminal Domestic Violence

Florida Injunctions for Protection

An injunction (sometimes referred to as a restraining order) is a court order that tells one person to stay away from and not contact another person. Unless the court order says otherwise, this means no contact by phone, email, text messages, letter, in person, or other method. An injunction can tell someone to stay away from the protected person's home, car, work, and any other places that the court feels is necessary. This is done in civil court, not criminal court. So, the person who requests the injunction keeps the case going. An injunction does not ask the court to put the other person in jail, but if a person violates an injunction, he or she may be arrested and face criminal charges.

Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials - Criminal Court Resource

The Office of Victims of Crime, OVC, has several resource materials for your court to use with children and youth who are involved with the justice system as witnesses or victims of a crime. These resources contains stories from the perspective of a child ranging from ages 2-6, 7-12 and 13-18, who is now faced with navigating through the justice system. They provide details on the many professionals that the child will encounter. For more information and to access the resource materials, please use the following link. http://ovc.ojp.gov/child-victims-and-witnesses-support