Florida Statute 61.001 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes (including 2025 Special Session C)

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 61
DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE; SUPPORT; TIME-SHARING

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F.S. 61.001

61.001 Purpose of chapter.—

(1) This chapter shall be liberally construed and applied.

(2) Its purposes are:

(a) To preserve the integrity of marriage and to safeguard meaningful family relationships;

(b) To promote the amicable settlement of disputes that arise between parties to a marriage; and

(c) To mitigate the potential harm to the spouses and their children caused by the process of legal dissolution of marriage.

History.—s. 1, ch. 71-241; s. 111, ch. 86-220.

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 61.001

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Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

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