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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, 903 So. 2d 928 (Fla. 2005).
Wade v. Hirschman, 903 So. 2d 928 (Fla. 2005). · cites it 2× “See § 61.011, Fla. Stat. (2004) ("Proceedings under this chapter are in chancery.”
Rosen v. Rosen, 696 So. 2d 697 (Fla. 1997). · cites it 2× “See § 61.011, Fla.Stat. (1995) ("Proceedings under this chapter are in chancery.”
Lashkajani v. Lashkajani, 911 So. 2d 1154 (Fla. 2005). · cites it 2× “See § 61.011, Fla. Stat. (1995) ("Proceedings under this chapter are in chancery.”
Zold v. Zold, 911 So. 2d 1222 (Fla. 2005). · cites it 2× “" See also § 61.011, Fla. Stat. (2004) ("Proceedings under this chapter are in chancery.”
Sumlar v. Sumlar, 827 So. 2d 1079 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002). · cites it 2× “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, 157 So. 3d 332 (Fla. 2d DCA 2015). · cites it 2× “See § 61.011, Fla. Stat. (2012). 8 . Philip J.”
Nichols v. Nichols, 519 So. 2d 620 (Fla. 1988). · cites it 2× “) 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, 32 So. 3d 151 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010). · cites it 2× “See § 61.011, Fla. Stat. (1995) (“Proceedings under this chapter are in chancery.”
Ryan v. Ryan, 277 So. 2d 266 (Fla. 1973). · cites it 2× “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, 960 So. 2d 47 (Fla. 5th DCA 2007). · cites it 2× “See § 61.011, Fla. Stat. (1995) ("Proceedings under this chapter are in chancery.”
DeLoach v. DeLoach, 552 So. 2d 324 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989). · cites it 2× “§ 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, 153 So. 3d 315 (Fla. 4th DCA 2014). · cites it 4× “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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