BERES v. PETERSON (2025)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Melanie BERES, Appellant, v. Raven Beres PETERSON, Appellee.
Melanie Beres, Appellant, v. Killian Beres Peterson, Appellee.

No. 4D2024-0684, No. 4D2024-0691

Decided: February 12, 2025

Melanie Beres, Milwaukee, WI, pro se. No appearance for appellees.

We reverse two injunctions for protection against domestic violence which two daughters obtained against their mother.

Although both injunctions appear to be well-intentioned, the evidence below failed to demonstrate that the petitioner daughters were in imminent danger of becoming victims of any act of domestic violence committed by their mother, within the meaning of sections 741.29–741.31, Florida Statutes (2024). Those statutory sections are not designed to be substitutes for the Baker Act ¹ or guardianship proceedings.

We reverse and remand with instructions to vacate the injunctions.

Reversed and remanded.

FOOTNOTES

1. §§ 394.451 et seq., Fla. Stat. (2024).

Per Curiam.

Warner, Gross and Levine, JJ., concur.

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