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

If you are in immediate danger, call 911. The National Domestic Violence Hotline is 1-800-799-7233. Florida's statewide hotline is 1-800-500-1119.

An injunction for protection in Jackson County is filed at the Jackson County Courthouse, 4445 Lafayette St, in Marianna. Unlike Jackson County's $408 dissolution filing fee, none of the five injunction types, domestic violence, repeat violence, dating violence, sexual violence, or stalking, carries any filing fee.

The Jackson County Clerk hosts several of its own dissolution packets directly online and cross-links to the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit's family law forms page for the rest, including the 12.980 injunction petitions.

A judge can sign a temporary injunction the same day, without notifying the respondent first, if the petition shows immediate and present danger. That order lasts up to 15 days, and state law requires the full hearing to happen before it expires.

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 Jackson 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 Jackson County, FL

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

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

Local notes for Jackson County, FL

Jackson County's mailing address for family filings is PO Box 510, Marianna FL 32447, though an injunction is time-sensitive and should be brought in person to the courthouse rather than mailed.

Once a judge signs the order, the Jackson County Sheriff's Office serves the respondent at no cost to the petitioner; the clerk pays for that service directly.

Jackson County shares the Fourteenth Circuit's domestic violence resources with Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, and Washington Counties. The circuit's page offers a litigant checklist and videos but does not name a specific certified shelter, so calling the statewide hotline is the most direct way to reach current local services.

Because Jackson County is larger than its Fourteenth Circuit neighbors, and Marianna serves as a regional hub, its Clerk hosts more of its own dissolution packets directly online than counties like Calhoun or Liberty typically do, even though the injunction forms themselves still route through the circuit's shared page.

If you're unsure which packets Jackson County hosts itself versus which route through the Fourteenth Circuit's shared page, just ask at the Marianna courthouse counter, which handles both.

For a general walkthrough of the injunction process before visiting the Marianna courthouse, Florida Courts Help is a statewide resource independent of Jackson County's own clerk website.

Official injunction resources in Jackson County, FL

Jackson County Courthouse handles restraining-orders filings, located at 4445 Lafayette St, Marianna 32446.

The filing fee is $0. E-filing is available through https://www.myflcourtaccess.com. Statewide e-filing portal applies, though most petitioners in Jackson County file in person at the Marianna courthouse for same-day judicial review.

Jackson County Clerk Family Law Packets (https://jud14.flcourts.org/family-law/family-law-forms) can help with procedure and paperwork. Jackson County Clerk hosts its own dissolution-of-marriage packets directly (e.g. a no-children-or-assets packet) and also cross-links to the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit's family law forms page. Mailing address: PO Box 510, Marianna FL 32447.

• Fourteenth Judicial Circuit - Family Law Forms
• Fla. Stat. 741.30 - Domestic Violence Injunction
• Form 12.980(a) - Petition for Injunction Against Domestic Violence
• Fourteenth Judicial Circuit - Domestic Violence

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

Jackson County, FL Injunction for Protection FAQs