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Fla. Stat. § 61.011 (2025)
Dissolution in chancery.
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61.011 Dissolution in chancery.—Proceedings under this chapter are in chancery.
History.—s. 1, Oct. 31, 1828; RS 1477; GS 1925; RGS 3188; CGL 4980; s. 2, ch. 29737, 1955; s. 16, ch. 67-254; s. 2, ch. 71-241.
Note.—Former s. 65.01.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 23
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1973–2025 · leading case: Wade v. Hirschman
Wade v. Hirschman (2005)
“See § 61.011, Fla. Stat. (2004) ("Proceedings under this chapter are in chancery.”
Rosen v. Rosen (1997)
“See § 61.011, Fla.Stat. (1995) ("Proceedings under this chapter are in chancery.”
Lashkajani v. Lashkajani (2005)
“See § 61.011, Fla. Stat. (1995) ("Proceedings under this chapter are in chancery.”
Zold v. Zold (2005)
“" See also § 61.011, Fla. Stat. (2004) ("Proceedings under this chapter are in chancery.”
Sumlar v. Sumlar (2002)
“2d at 700 ; § 61.011, Fla. Stat. (2000). This chapter is to be construed liberally and applied "[t]o mitigate the potential harm to the spouses and their children caused by the process of legal dissolution of marriage.”
Jarrard v. Jarrard (2015)
“See § 61.011, Fla. Stat. (2012). 8 . Philip J.”
Nichols v. Nichols (1988)
“) Moreover, the equitable considerations underlying our dissolution law, see § 61.011, Fla. Stat. (1985), compel the trial court to mitigate the harm an impecunious spouse would suffer where the other spouse's financial advantage accords *622 him or her an unfair ability to…”
Schneider v. Schneider (2010)
“See § 61.011, Fla. Stat. (1995) (“Proceedings under this chapter are in chancery.”
Ryan v. Ryan (1973)
“Section 61.011, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., entitled, "Dissolution in Chancery", provides that proceedings under this act relating to dissolution of marriage are to be in chancery (equity).”
Vitt v. Rodriguez (2007)
“See § 61.011, Fla. Stat. (1995) ("Proceedings under this chapter are in chancery.”
DeLoach v. DeLoach (1989)
“§ 61.011, Fla. Stat. A chancellor has the inherent right in such proceedings to adjudicate the equitable interests of the parties in property acquired during the marriage.”
Lori A. Ford v. Michael Withers Ford (2014)
“It was said by Blackstone that chancery “is the supreme guardian, and has the superintendent jurisdiction of all the infants in the kingdom.” See, also, Pomeroy’s Eq. Juris.”
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