Rule 1.1508.Bond

A temporary injunction can cause real harm to the party it restrains, so Rule 1.1508 requires financial protection before the writ can issue. The order granting the injunction must set a bond, with sureties the clerk approves, in a penalty equal to 125 percent of the probable liability the petitioner might incur. That bond is conditioned to pay any damages a court later adjudges against the petitioner because of the injunction.

The 125 percent figure builds in a cushion above the estimated liability, so the enjoined party has a realistic source of recovery if the injunction turns out to have been wrongly granted or otherwise causes compensable harm. Without an approved bond in place, the writ does not issue — the bond requirement is a precondition, not an afterthought.

Rule 1.1508 carves out an exception for a specific set of family-law matters: in actions for dissolution of marriage, separate maintenance, annulment of marriage, or domestic abuse, the court has discretion either to waive the bond entirely or to set its penalty at whatever amount it deems just and reasonable. This recognizes that requiring a full bond in those cases could stand between someone and protection they need, without the same commercial-liability concerns that drive the bond requirement elsewhere.