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The 2025 Florida Statutes
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F.S. 741.32741.32 Batterers’ intervention programs.—The Legislature finds that the incidence of domestic violence in this state is disturbingly high and that, despite the efforts of many to curb this violence, one person dies at the hands of a spouse, ex-spouse, or cohabitant approximately every 3 days. Further, a child who witnesses the perpetration of this violence becomes a victim as he or she hears or sees it occurring. This child is at high risk of also being the victim of physical abuse by the parent who is perpetrating the violence and, to a lesser extent, by the parent who is the victim. These children are also at a high risk of perpetrating violent crimes as juveniles and, later, becoming perpetrators of the same violence that they witnessed as children. The Legislature finds that there should be standardized programming available to the justice system to protect victims and their children and to hold the perpetrators of domestic violence accountable for their acts. To ensure statewide consistency in such programming, the Department of Children and Families shall certify and monitor batterers’ intervention programs to be used by the justice system. Finally, the Legislature recognizes that in order for batterers’ intervention programs to be successful in protecting victims and their children, all participants in the justice system as well as social service agencies and local and state governments must coordinate their efforts at the community level.History.—s. 16, ch. 95-195; s. 37, ch. 96-312; s. 280, ch. 99-8; s. 2, ch. 2001-183; s. 12, ch. 2012-147; s. 3, ch. 2021-152.
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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:
Cases Citing Statute 741.32
Total Results: 4
810 So. 2d 1, 26 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 13, 2000 Fla. LEXIS 2272, 2000 WL 1352932
Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Sep 21, 2000 | Docket: 64813197
Cited 4 times | Published
ex-spouse, or cohabitant approximately every 3 days.” § 741.32(1), Fla. Stat. (1999) (“Certification of Batterers’
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Sep 4, 2025 | Docket: 69617215
Published
are instructional programming. See Fla. Stat. § 741.32 (2024). More-
over, DCF does not purport
79 So. 3d 204, 2012 WL 413811
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 10, 2012 | Docket: 60305260
Published
Chapter 65H-2, Florida Administrative Code, Section 741.32, Florida Statutes, Section 741.325, Florida
871 So. 2d 113, 2004 Fla. LEXIS 538, 2004 WL 582946
Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Mar 25, 2004 | Docket: 64829952
Published
ex-spouse, or cohabitant approximately every 3 days.” § 741.32(1), Fla. Stat. (1999) (“Certification of Batterers’
