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Fla. Stat. § 741.32 (2025)
Batterers’ intervention programs.
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741.32 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.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2000–2025 · leading case: Amendments to the Florida Fam. Law Rules of Procedure & Fam. Law Forms, 810 So. 2d 1 (Fla. 2000).
Amendments to the Florida Fam. Law Rules of Procedure & Fam. Law Forms, 810 So. 2d 1 (Fla. 2000). “” § 741.32(1), Fla. Stat. (1999) (“Certification of Batterers’ Intervention Programs”); see also Weiand v.”
Amendments to Florida Supreme Court Approved Fam. Law Forms-Sexual Violence Forms, 871 So. 2d 113 (Fla. 2004). “” § 741.32(1), Fla. Stat. (1999) (“Certification of Batterers’ Intervention Programs”); see also Weiand v.”
Sauriol v. Sauriol, 79 So. 3d 204 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012). “Respondent may attend a program in the jurisdiction of his choosing, but said program must be comparable to the batterer’s intervention program administered in the state of Florida under Chapter 65H-2, Florida Administrative Code, Section 741.32, Florida Statutes, Section 741.”
Joseph Nussbaumer, Jr. v. Sec'y, Florida Dept of Child. & Families (11th Cir. 2025). “See Fla. Stat. § 741.32 (2024). More- over, DCF does not purport to regulate voluntary BIPs or therapy sessions.”
— 741.32(1) — 2 cases
Amendments to the Florida Fam. Law Rules of Procedure & Fam. Law Forms, 810 So. 2d 1 (Fla. 2000). “” § 741.32(1), Fla. Stat. (1999) (“Certification of Batterers’ Intervention Programs”); see also Weiand v.”
Amendments to Florida Supreme Court Approved Fam. Law Forms-Sexual Violence Forms, 871 So. 2d 113 (Fla. 2004). “” § 741.32(1), Fla. Stat. (1999) (“Certification of Batterers’ Intervention Programs”); see also Weiand v.”
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