SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 370, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Meek moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 2, line 6, through page 5, line 21, delete

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18         Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) and

19  paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section 784.046, Florida

20  Statutes, are amended to read:

21         784.046  Action by victim of repeat violence for

22  protective injunction; powers and duties of court and clerk of

23  court; filing and form of petition; notice and hearing;

24  temporary injunction; issuance; statewide verification system;

25  enforcement.--

26         (2)  There is created a cause of action for an

27  injunction for protection in cases of repeat violence.

28         (a)  Any person who is the victim of repeat violence or

29  the parent or legal guardian of any minor child who is living

30  at home and who seeks an injunction for protection against

31  repeat violence on behalf of the minor child has standing in

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 370, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.    





 1  the circuit court to file a sworn petition for an injunction

 2  for protection against repeat violence.

 3         (4)(a)  The sworn petition shall allege the incidents

 4  of repeat violence and shall include the specific facts and

 5  circumstances which form the basis upon which relief is

 6  sought. With respect to a minor child who is living at home,

 7  the parent or legal guardian of the minor child must have been

 8  an eye-witness to, or have direct physical evidence or

 9  affidavits from eye-witnesses of, the specific facts and

10  circumstances which form the basis upon which relief is

11  sought.

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13  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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17  And the title is amended as follows:

18         On page 1, lines 2-22, delete those lines

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20  and insert:

21         An act relating to domestic violence; amending

22         s. 784.046, F.S.; providing that the parent or

23         legal guardian of a minor child living at home

24         has standing in circuit court to petition for

25         an injunction against repeat violence;

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