Florida Statute 784.047 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

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Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 784
ASSAULT; BATTERY; CULPABLE NEGLIGENCE

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F.S. 784.047

784.047 Penalties for violating protective injunction against violators.—

(1) A person who willfully violates an injunction for protection against repeat violence, sexual violence, or dating violence, issued pursuant to s. 784.046, or a foreign protection order accorded full faith and credit pursuant to s. 741.315 by:

(a) Refusing to vacate the dwelling that the parties share;

(b) Going to, or being within 500 feet of, the petitioner’s residence, school, place of employment, or a specified place frequented regularly by the petitioner and any named family or household member;

(d) Committing any other violation of the injunction through an intentional unlawful threat, word, or act to do violence to the petitioner;

(e) Telephoning, contacting, or otherwise communicating with the petitioner directly or indirectly, unless the injunction specifically allows indirect contact through a third party;

(f) Knowingly and intentionally coming within 100 feet of the petitioner’s motor vehicle, whether or not that vehicle is occupied;

(g) Defacing or destroying the petitioner’s personal property, including the petitioner’s motor vehicle; or

(h) Refusing to surrender firearms or ammunition if ordered to do so by the court,

commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, except as provided in subsection (2).

(2) A person who has two or more prior convictions for violation of an injunction or foreign protection order, and who subsequently commits a violation of any injunction or foreign protection order against the same victim, commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. For purposes of this subsection, the term “conviction” means a determination of guilt which is the result of a plea or a trial, regardless of whether adjudication is withheld or a plea of nolo contendere is entered.

History.—s. 7, ch. 95-195; s. 9, ch. 97-155; s. 22, ch. 2002-55; s. 2, ch. 2004-17; s. 1, ch. 2011-146; s. 2, ch. 2016-187.

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Amendments to 784.047

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 784.047

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S784.047 - CONTEMPT OF COURT - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 8004 - M: F

S784.047 1 - CONTEMPT OF COURT - VIOL INJUNCTION REPEAT SEX DATE VIOL - M: F

S784.047 2 - CONTEMPT OF COURT - VIOL INJUN REPEAT SEX DATE VIOL 2 OR MORE CONV - F: T

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 784.047

Total Results: 19

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases - Report 2019-08

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2020-01-15T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: Violation of injunction for 784.047 8.19 protection against repeat…violence Violation of injunction 784.047 8.19 for protection against… - Violation of injunction 784.047 8.19 for protection

Nicole Lopez v. Sean Hall

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2018-01-10T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: -degree misdemeanor. See §§ 784.046(7)(d)(2), 784.047(1), Fla. Stat. (2017); see also § 790.233, Fla.

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases—report 2016-04

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2016-12-08T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 206 So. 3d 14

Snippet: OF AN INJUNCTION FOR PROTECTION AGAINST § 784.047, Fla. Stat. To prove the crime of Violation…the injunction by (alleged violation of section 784.047). Definition. “Willfully” means knowingly

In Re STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES-REPORT NO. 2015-08

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2016-07-07T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 194 So. 3d 1007

Snippet: Sexual] [Dating] Violence, as codified in section 784.047, Florida Statutes. The Court granted the Committee

In Re: Amendments to the Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Forms

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2015-03-26T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: which constitutes a criminal act under Section 784.047, Florida Florida Supreme Court Approved Family…which constitutes a criminal act under Section 784.047, Florida Statutes. 2. Should any Florida law…which constitutes a criminal act under Section 784.047, Florida Statutes. 3. Should any Florida …which constitutes a criminal act under Section 784.047, Florida Statutes. 2. Should any Florida law…which constitutes a criminal act under Section 784.047, Florida Statutes. 3. Should any Florida

In re Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases-Report No. 2012-05

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2013-12-05T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 131 So. 3d 755

Snippet: protection against repeat, sexual, or dating violence 784.047 8.19 Violation of injunction for protection against…protection against repeat, sexual, or dating violence 784.047 8.19 Violation of injunction for protection against

In Re Standard Jury Instruct. in Criminal Cases No. 2008-04

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2008-10-30T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 995 So. 2d 476

Snippet: Violation of injunction for protection 784.047 8.19 against repeat, sexual

In Re Standard Jury Inst. in Crim. Cases-Report 2007-01

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2007-08-30T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 965 So. 2d 811

Snippet: SEXUAL VIOLENCE, OR DATING VIOLENCE INJUNCTION [§ 784.047, Fla. Stat. reserved] To prove the crime of Violation…the injunction by (alleged violation of section 784.047). Definition. "Willfully" means knowingly…SEXUAL VIOLENCE OR DATING VIOLENCE INJUNCTION 784.047 --------------------------------------- CATEGORY

Jury Instructions in Crim. Cases-No. 2005-1

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2007-03-29T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 953 So. 2d 495

Snippet: sexual, or dating violence 784.047 -----------------------------------------------

Becker v. Johnson

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-08-08T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 937 So. 2d 1128

Snippet: under s. 741.30, s. 741.31, s. 784.046, or s. 784.047"). Protection orders entered by another state

Doty v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2004-11-03T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 884 So. 2d 547

Snippet: for repeat domestic violence pursuant to section 784.047, and convicting the defendant of both offenses

Amendments to Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Forms—Sexual Violence Forms

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2004-07-08T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 880 So. 2d 579

Snippet: Forms. First, the Legislature amended section 784.047, Florida Statutes (2003), to make the violation…a criminal act according to sections 741.31 or 784.047, Florida Statutes (2003), which violates an injunction

Amendments to Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Forms-Sexual Violence Forms

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2004-03-25T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 871 So. 2d 113, 2004 Fla. LEXIS 538, 2004 WL 582946

Snippet: which constitutes a criminal act under section 784.047, Florida Statutes. 3. Should any Florida law enforcement…which constitutes a criminal act under section 784.047, Florida Statutes. 2. Should any Florida law enforcement…which constitutes a criminal act under section 784.047, Florida Statutes. 3. Should any Florida law enforcement…which constitutes a criminal act under section 784.047, Florida Statutes. 2. Should any Florida law enforcement

Livingston v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2003-06-25T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 847 So. 2d 1131

Snippet: concur. NOTES [1] § 784.048(4), Fla. Stat. [2] § 784.047(5), Fla. Stat. [3] Party not Present at Hearing

Young v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2002-10-11T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 827 So. 2d 1075

Snippet: case, Young was convicted of violating section 784.047, Florida Statutes (2000), which proscribes willfully… person." (Emphasis added). Thus, section 784.047 is violated by willfully committing an enumerated…distinct from the elements of a violation of section 784.047, the crimes are not separate under the Blockburger…VACATED. SAWAYA and PLEUS, JJ., concur. NOTES [1] § 784.047, Fla. Stat. (2000). [2] § 784.03(1)(a), Fla. Stat

Alvarez v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2002-01-23T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 807 So. 2d 702

Snippet: reflect the numerical statute references, sections 784.047 and 784.07(2)(d), Florida Statutes (1993), to accompany

D.R. v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2001-07-20T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 789 So. 2d 535

Snippet: injunction in a way pro*536scribed by section 784.047, Florida Statutes (2000). Accordingly, D.R.’s motion

Amendments to the Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure & Family Law Forms

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2000-09-21T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 810 So. 2d 1

Snippet: violence to the petitioner.” See §§ 741.31(4)(a)(4), 784.047(4), Fla. Stat. (1999) (domestic and repeat violence…which constitutes a criminal act under section 784.047, Florida Statutes. 3. Should any Florida law enforcement…which constitutes a criminal act under section 784.047, Florida Statutes. 2. Should any Florida law enforcement…which constitutes a criminal act under section 784.047, Florida Statutes. 3. Should any Florida law enforcement…which constitutes a criminal act under section 784.047, Florida Statutes. 2. Should any Florida law enforcement

Amendments to the Florida Family Law Rules

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1998-02-25T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 713 So. 2d 1

Snippet: constitutes a criminal act under section 784.047, Florida Statutes. 3. Should any Florida law…constitutes a criminal act under section 784.047, Florida Statutes. 2. Should any florida law