Question concerning Restraining orders

[Arnold Friend]

What is the name of your state? Florida

First off i would like to say thank you in advance for lending me your time and consideration. Please forgive some of the nature of my questions for i am a laymen to the law.

My question revolves around restraining orders. Can you please post some links on the nature of restraining orders, how do you file one, what happens when you get one filed against you, what are the grounds of filing one? What are the limitatons to the order- ie contact, telephone, internet?

The second aspect of this question involves the parents of a friend of mine constantly threatening to file a restraining order against me because of a case of mistaken identity several years ago. There is no abuse involved- its simply that they dont like me and they think i get him into trouble when i do the opposite. Ever since then they hate me, there son is also not mentally retarded but quite possibly retains a form of mild autism. I didnt mention yet he is 33 years old.

The third question i have is if a restraining order is filed against someone, and that person was on probation- could that in any way jeopardise a violation?

The last question is; as i mentioned earlier my friend is a good guy but not all there at times. If his parents were to file a restraining order against me-and i naturally were forced to abide by it- what do i do if he (which he would because he is my friend) tries to contact me or run into me in public?

Thank you very much for your time and for not passing judgment- i wouldnt expect nothing short of professional advice. I can amagine an easy answer to this question is "get new friends" but if you want to see this as an excuse to flex your legal knowlege in order to broaden my understanding- i would be extremely appreciative. The most important answer i really need the most is the 3rd question.