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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLIII
DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 741
MARRIAGE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
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F.S. 741.28
741.28 Domestic violence; definitions.As used in ss. 741.28-741.31:
(1) “Department” means the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
(2) “Domestic violence” means any assault, aggravated assault, battery, aggravated battery, sexual assault, sexual battery, stalking, aggravated stalking, kidnapping, false imprisonment, or any criminal offense resulting in physical injury or death of one family or household member by another family or household member.
(3) “Family or household member” means spouses, former spouses, persons related by blood or marriage, persons who are presently residing together as if a family or who have resided together in the past as if a family, and persons who are parents of a child in common regardless of whether they have been married. With the exception of persons who have a child in common, the family or household members must be currently residing or have in the past resided together in the same single dwelling unit.
(4) “Law enforcement officer” means any person who is elected, appointed, or employed by any municipality or the state or any political subdivision thereof who meets the minimum qualifications established in s. 943.13 and is certified as a law enforcement officer under s. 943.1395.
History.s. 1, ch. 94-134; s. 1, ch. 94-135; s. 1, ch. 95-195; s. 4, ch. 97-155; s. 9, ch. 2002-55.

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Amendments to 741.28


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 741.28
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 741.28.



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Cases Citing Statute 741.28

Total Results: 20

Ruby Ann Savage v. Kristen Armista Bustillo

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-12-11

Snippet: (2023). Stalking is a form of domestic violence. § 741.28(2), Fla. Stat. (2023). Thus, both injunctions required

Ruby Ann Savage v. Rudy Bustillo, III

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-12-11

Snippet: (2023). Stalking is a form of domestic violence. § 741.28(2), Fla. Stat. (2023). Thus, both injunctions required

Madeline Poses Schulmann v. Steven Schulmann

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-09-04

Snippet: member by another family or household member.” § 741.28(2), Fla. Stat. (2022). The conduct most pertinent

Douglas Joseph Thomas v. Caitlin Linglong Li

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-07-17

Snippet: victim of domestic violence as defined by s[ection] 741.28 or has reasonable cause to believe he or she is

In Re: Amendments to the Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Forms—12.980(a), 12.980(f), 12.980(g), 12.980(i), 12.980(j), 12.980(n), 12.980(q), 12.980(t), and 12.980(w)

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-06-20

Snippet: threatened to commit domestic violence defined in s. 741.28, Florida Statutes, as any assault

J.C. v. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Licensing

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-05-22

Snippet: violence, as those offenses are defined in section 741.28, Florida Statutes (2014). Thus, the Department’s

MICHAEL REX VANDERHOOF v. LAUREN BROOKE ARMSTRONG

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-03-22

Snippet: or domestic violence as defined in s. 741.28 or which meets the criteria of s. 39.806(1)(d)

In Re: Amendments to Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Forms 12.980(a), 12.980(f), 12.980(n), 12.980(q), and 12.980(t)

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2023-08-24

Snippet: threatened to commit domestic violence defined in s. 741.28, Florida Statutes, as any assault

JOSE ALCAZAR v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2022-10-14

Snippet: 18. Act of domestic violence as defined in s. 741.28; 19. Home invasion robbery;

LUDWINE FRANCOIS v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2022-08-10

Snippet: a crime of domestic violence, as defined in s. 741.28, … the court shall order that the defendant attend

In Re: Amendments to Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure, Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure, and Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Forms

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2022-07-14

Snippet: threatened to commit domestic violence defined in s. 741.28, Florida Statutes, as any assault

LUDWINE FRANCOIS v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2022-05-18

Snippet: a crime of domestic violence, as defined in s. 741.28, … the court shall order that the defendant attend

ALBERT E. NARVAEZ v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2022-03-16

Snippet: member.” § 741.28(2), Fla. Stat. (2018). “A domestic violence designation under section 741.28(2) triggers

GREGORIO ANTONIO DICKSON v. GRETCHEN CURTIS, etc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2022-02-09

Snippet: commit domestic violence defined in s. 741.28, Florida Statutes, as any assault, aggravated

ALBERT E. NARVAEZ v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2022-01-05

Snippet: member.” § 741.28(2), Fla. Stat. (2018). “A domestic violence designation under section 741.28(2) triggers

AARON MCGUIRE v. MAGIORI C. BOSCAN

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2021-12-01

Snippet: the victim of domestic violence as defined by s. 741.28 or has reasonable cause to believe he or she is

GAVIN D. CADDY v. SUE-ANN N. ROBINSON

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2021-06-30

Snippet: 2015) (internal citations omitted). Section 741.28(2), Florida Statutes (2019), defines DV as “any

MICHAEL DITANNA v. BLAKE EDWARDS

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2021-06-30

Snippet: victim of domestic violence as defined in s. 741.28 or has

In Re: Amendments to the Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Forms – 12.980(a)-(d)

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2021-06-17

Snippet: threatened to commit domestic violence defined in s. 741.28, Florida Statutes, as any assault

JEREMY BETHEA v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2021-06-02

Snippet: conviction into a domestic violence conviction. See §§ 741.28, 741.283, Fla. Stat. (2018). We reverse the