Domestic Violence Defense in Fort Lauderdale
- Residence separation can be imposed
- Firearms possession can be prohibited
- Concealed carry license can be revoked
- No contact a release order may bar it
Daniel A. Callahan represents clients charged in family violence, battery, intimate partner violence and spousal abuse cases.
Under Florida law, domestic violence is any assault, battery, sexual assault, stalking, kidnapping, false imprisonment, or other criminal offense causing physical injury or death, committed by one family or household member against another (Fla. Stat. 741.28).
Besides the criminal charge, a defendant or respondent can be ordered to leave a shared residence, can have a concealed weapons license revoked, and can be prohibited from possessing firearms or other weapons.
Injunctions for protection
In addition to representing criminal defendants accused of domestic violence, Daniel A. Callahan also represents victims of domestic violence seeking restraining orders and injunctions for protection that prohibit contact, including injunctions against domestic violence, dating violence, repeat violence and stalking.
No-contact orders
If a court issues a no-contact order as a condition of pretrial release, the defendant must have no contact of any kind with the person named in the order, including through another person, and must stay at least 500 feet from that person's home, even if they share it (Fla. Stat. 903.047). Ask a lawyer before you reply to anyone.
What to do right now
Say nothing about the case. Not to the police, and not to anyone else, before you talk with a lawyer.
Sign nothing. No statement or document about the case before you talk with a lawyer.
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