Injunction for Protection (Restraining Order) in Glades County, Florida

If you're in immediate danger, call 911. The National Domestic Violence Hotline is 1-800-799-7233. Florida's statewide hotline is 1-800-500-1119. Glades County is one of Florida's least populated counties. Injunction for protection petitions are filed in person at the Glades County Courthouse, 500 Avenue J, Suite 102, in Moore Haven.

Glades doesn't run a separate self-help center like larger counties do. The Clerk's office handles family law forms directly. The clerk's general family law packets carry a fee, but that fee doesn't apply to injunctions for protection. Call (863) 946-6010 before you go in to confirm what to bring.

Florida law is the same in every county: filing for a domestic violence, repeat violence, dating violence, sexual violence, or stalking injunction costs nothing, and the sheriff serves the respondent free of charge. Glades County follows this rule just like every other county in the state.

ACT, Abuse Counseling & Treatment, is the certified domestic violence provider for Glades County, along with Hendry and Lee. ACT runs a Hendry/Glades-specific domestic violence line, 1-800-500-1119, plus a main crisis hotline at (239) 939-3112, both TTY accessible.

How an injunction for protection works in Florida

An injunction for protection against domestic violence (Fla. Stat. 741.30) is for someone you have a close relationship with, such as a spouse or former spouse, someone you live with or used to live with as a family, a co-parent, or a close relative. Florida has related injunctions for repeat violence, dating violence, sexual violence, and stalking that may apply instead if the relationship does not fit the domestic violence category.Florida uses the same statewide forms in every county, including Glades County, FL. The basic steps are:

1. File a Petition for Injunction for Protection Against Domestic Violence (Florida Supreme Court approved family law form 12.980(a)) at the courthouse. There is no filing fee.
2. A judge reviews your petition, often the same day, and can grant a temporary injunction that lasts until your hearing.
3. The other person is served with the paperwork and can respond.
4. You attend a full hearing, generally within about 15 days of a temporary injunction.
5. If the judge grants a final injunction, it can last a fixed term or until further order of the court, and can be extended.

An injunction for protection can do more than order someone to stay away. It can set temporary time-sharing with children, require the other person to leave a shared home, and require them to surrender firearms. Local domestic violence advocates and the clerk's office can help you fill out the forms, often at no cost.

Where to file in Glades County, FL

Injunction requests in Glades County, FL are filed with the Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida, Glades County. Because courthouse locations, hours, and local domestic violence resources change over time, confirm current details using the Florida court clerk directory:

Find the Glades County, FL Clerk of Court (Florida court clerk directory)

Local notes for Glades County, FL

Glades is small, so the Clerk's office in Moore Haven is your single point of contact for filing. Staff there can tell you in person which of the five injunction forms fits your situation. They can't advise you on what to write or predict how a judge will rule.

Once a temporary injunction is granted and served, Florida law requires the return hearing within 15 days. That's the same statewide deadline in every county, regardless of population.

Florida Rural Legal Services generally covers Glades County for income-qualified family law help. ACT's Hendry/Glades hotline connects to advocacy and shelter resources that run on their own schedule, separate from the courthouse.

Glades County's clerk uses the same five injunction forms as the rest of the state. Domestic violence applies to spouses, former spouses, relatives, or people who live together as family. Repeat violence covers two incidents against someone outside that group. Dating violence, sexual violence, and stalking each cover their own fact pattern. Whichever one applies, filing costs nothing, service is free, and Florida law sets the return hearing within 15 days. A violation of an active injunction is a separate crime. Call 911 if one happens.

Official injunction resources in Glades County, FL

Glades County Courthouse handles restraining-orders filings, located at 500 Avenue J, Suite 102, Moore Haven 33471. Phone: 863-946-6010.

The filing fee is Free. E-filing is available through https://www.myflcourtaccess.com. Statewide portal; county-specific e-filing notes were not confirmed. Injunctions are filed in person at the Courthouse in Moore Haven.

Glades County Clerk Family Law (https://gladesclerk.com) can help with procedure and paperwork. Forms and packets are available in the Clerk's office for a fee; no dedicated self-help center URL was located. Phone (863) 946-6010.

• ACT - Abuse Counseling & Treatment
• Florida Rural Legal Services
• Twentieth Judicial Circuit of Florida
• Fla. Stat. 741.30 (injunction statute)

Local details reviewed August 2026. Offices and locations can change, so confirm with the official sites above before you file.

Glades County, FL Injunction for Protection FAQs