Posted by Nydia Streets of Streets Law in Florida Domestic Violence

To obtain an injunction for protection against sexual violence in Florida, the statutes require specific steps to be taken by the petitioner. Those steps include reporting the sexual violence to a law enforcement agency and cooperating in any criminal proceeding against the respondent, “regardless of whether criminal charges based on the sexual violence have been filed, reduced, or dismissed by the state attorney”. § 784.046(2)(c), Fla. Stat. This was an issue in the case Kuschnitzky v. Marasco, 1D2022-1751 (Fla. 1st DCA November 29, 2023).