HB 1897

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to protective injunctions; amending s.
3	784.046, F.S.; limiting the application of an evidentiary
4	requirement with respect to injunctions for protection of
5	minor children; providing an effective date.
6
7	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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9	Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section
10	784.046, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
11	784.046  Action by victim of repeat violence, sexual
12	violence, or dating violence for protective injunction; powers
13	and duties of court and clerk of court; filing and form of
14	petition; notice and hearing; temporary injunction; issuance;
15	statewide verification system; enforcement.--
16	(4)(a)  The sworn petition shall allege the incidents of
17	repeat violence, sexual violence, or dating violence and shall
18	include the specific facts and circumstances that form the basis
19	upon which relief is sought. With respect to a minor child who
20	is living at home, where the party against whom the protective
21	injunction is sought is also a parent, stepparent or legal
22	guardian of the minor child, the parent or legal guardian of the
23	minor child seeking the protective injunction must have been an
24	eyewitness to, or have direct physical evidence or affidavits
25	from eyewitnesses of, the specific facts and circumstances which
26	form the basis upon which relief is sought, or other evidence of
27	those facts and circumstances having circumstantial guarantees
28	of trustworthiness.
29	Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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