Once a final injunction for protection is granted against you in Florida, serious consequences can result including the following:
- You may not be able to purchase or possess a firearm or other weapon, including ammunition.
- You may be required to leave your home, and prevented from seeing your child, or order to pay child support.
- The injunctions can have serious effects on your family law, divorce or child custody case.
- You could be charged with stalking or aggravated stalking that might carry a "no bond" provision.
- If it is alleged that you violated the order, you can be arrested for violation of repeat violence injunction or violation of domestic violence injunctions which is a first-degree misdemeanor.
- You could be subject to deportation or your application for citizenship would be affected.
- A professional license may be affected especially for nurses or health care professionals, law enforcement officers, members of the military, lawyers or law school students, and licensed child care providers.
- Your admission to universities, colleges, or the military may be affected.
- Your application for housing may be affected.
- Your employment applications may be affected, especially for any job that requires a background check, or the possession of a firearm.
- Your eligibility for certain scholarships and/or federal grants may be affected.