SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1024

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Hargrett moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 2, line 29,

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17         Section 1.  Paragraph (j) is added to subsection (1) of

18  section 741.30, Florida Statutes, to read:

19         741.30  Domestic violence; injunction; powers and

20  duties of court and clerk; petition; notice and hearing;

21  temporary injunction; issuance of injunction; statewide

22  verification system; enforcement.--

23         (1)  There is created a cause of action for an

24  injunction for protection against domestic violence.

25         (j)  A child on his or her own or through a parent or

26  legal guardian may not obtain an injunction for protection

27  against domestic violence based on acts committed by a family

28  or household member against that child unless those acts are

29  found by the court to constitute "harm" or "child abuse or

30  neglect" as defined in s. 415.503. This paragraph does not

31  apply to cases where the injunction for protection is granted

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1024

    Amendment No.    





 1  to protect an adult petitioner who has included a child or

 2  children in that adult's petition for injunction for

 3  protection against domestic violence.

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 5  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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 9  And the title is amended as follows:

10         On page 1, lines 2-5, delete those lines

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13         An act relating to child abuse or neglect and

14         abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a disabled

15         adult or elderly person; amending s. 741.30,

16         F.S.; providing that a child may not obtain an

17         injunction for protection against domestic

18         violence based on acts committed by a family

19         member unless such acts constitute harm or

20         child abuse or neglect; amending s. 415.107,

21         F.S.; authorizing

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