Injunction for Protection (Restraining Order) in Osceola 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. In Osceola County, injunction for protection petitions are filed in person at the Osceola County Courthouse in Kissimmee, 2 Courthouse Square.

Osceola's clerk website returns access errors on repeated automated checks. Some details that are easy to confirm in neighboring counties, like exact intake hours or a same-day filing cutoff, are not published here with the same confidence. That does not change the underlying law. Filing for a domestic violence, repeat violence, dating violence, sexual violence, or stalking injunction is free everywhere in Florida, Osceola County included.

The courthouse can tell you in person which forms you need and where to bring them. Help Now of Osceola is generally known as the county's domestic violence resource, but no working website is confirmed here. Your fastest path to a current phone number is calling 211 or asking staff at the courthouse when you go in to file.

If your case will need ongoing legal help beyond the injunction itself, for example a related custody dispute, Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida serves Osceola along with several neighboring Central Florida counties.

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 Osceola 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 Osceola County, FL

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

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

Local notes for Osceola County, FL

Osceola's own online resources return access errors rather than confirmed content. Treat any hours or contact numbers you find online as a starting point, and call ahead before driving to the courthouse, especially outside normal business hours. The clerk's office can confirm on the phone whether same-day judicial review is available and what time cutoff applies.

Once a judge grants a temporary injunction and the sheriff serves the respondent, Florida law requires the return hearing to be scheduled within 15 days. That timing is set by state statute, not by county practice, so it applies in Osceola the same way it does everywhere else in Florida.

If you're not sure which of the five injunction types fits your situation, whether the respondent is a current or former partner, a family member, a stranger who has stalked you, or someone you're dating but don't live with, courthouse staff can help you pick the right form even if they can't advise you on what to write in it.

Official injunction resources in Osceola County, FL

Osceola County Courthouse handles restraining-orders filings, located at 2 Courthouse Square, Kissimmee 34741.

The filing fee is Free. E-filing is available through https://www.myflcourtaccess.com. Statewide e-filing portal; osceolaclerk.com blocked every automated fetch attempt, so county-specific in-person filing notes beyond the standard courthouse address is not published online.

Ninth Judicial Circuit self-help resources (https://ninthcircuit.org) can help with procedure and paperwork. Osceola's own clerk website blocked automated access on every page checked, so this page could not be independently confirmed as a working self-help resource for Osceola specifically; call the courthouse to confirm current self-help hours before visiting.

• Ninth Judicial Circuit of Florida
• Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida
• Florida Courts E-Filing Portal
• 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.

Osceola County, FL Injunction for Protection FAQs