1998 Florida Code
TITLE V JUDICIAL BRANCH
Chapter 25 Supreme Court
25.385 Standards for instruction of circuit and county court judges in handling domestic violence cases.
25.385 Standards for instruction of circuit and county court judges in handling domestic violence cases.--
(1) The Florida Court Educational Council shall establish standards for instruction of circuit and county court judges who have responsibility for domestic violence cases, and the council shall provide such instruction on a periodic and timely basis.
(2) As used in this section:
(a) The term "domestic violence" means any assault, battery, sexual assault, sexual battery, or any criminal offense resulting in physical injury or death of one family or household member by another, who is or was residing in the same single dwelling unit.
(b) "Family or household member" means spouse, former spouse, 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 have a child in common regardless of whether they have been married or have resided together at any time.
History.--ss. 2, 8, ch. 84-343; s. 1, ch. 91-210.
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