Jurisdiction, duration
When a court gives someone a protection order, the court stays in charge of that order the whole time it is active. The court can hold check-in hearings to make sure the person the order is against is following the rules. If that person breaks the order on purpose, the court can punish them the same way it punishes anyone who disobeys a court order.
455.090. , duration — of s. — 1. The court shall over the issued under this chapter for its entire duration. The court may hearings to monitor the 's compliance with the order.
2. The terms of the issued under this chapter are by all for the of a , and the court may punish a respondent who violates the order of protection to the same extent as provided by law for in any other suit or by the court.
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Source & history notes
(L. 2004 S.B. 1211)
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