FLORIDA LAW

  • “Consent” means intelligent, knowing, and voluntary consent and does not include coerced submission. Consent does not mean the alleged victim’s failure to physically resist.

  • Oral, anal, or female genital penetration by, or union with, the sexual organ of another, or the anal or female genital penetration of another by any other object.

    • Includes assault, battery, sexual assault/battery, stalking, kidnapping, false imprisonment, or any criminal offense resulting in physical injury or death of one family/household member by another.

    • “Family or household member” includes spouses/former spouses, people related by blood or marriage, people who live(d) together as a family, and parents of a child in common.

§ 794.011 — Sexual battery

§ 394.4593 — Sexual misconduct

§ 110.1221 — Sexual harassment

§ 741.28 — Domestic violence

In Florida, five different types of protective injunctions are available:

  • Domestic Violence 

  • Sexual Violence 

  • Dating Violence 

  • Repeat Violence 

  • Stalking

Domestic Violence Injunction Steps

Legal services:

Florida Bar Lawyer Referral Service

https://www.floridabar.org/public/lrs/

In Alachua

Three Rivers Legal Services, Inc. (Gainesville Office)

901 Northwest 8th Avenue, Suite D-5, Gainesville, FL 326081

Contact: (352) 372-0519 or Phone 2: (866) 256-8091

https://www.trls.org/

Florida Domestic Violence Hotline

Call or Text 1-800-500-1119

If you have experienced sexual assault, your safety and well-being come first. You have options, and you deserve support.