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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 61
DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE; SUPPORT; TIME-SHARING
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F.S. 61.021
61.021 Residence requirements.To obtain a dissolution of marriage, one of the parties to the marriage must reside 6 months in the state before the filing of the petition.
History.s. 1, ch. 522, 1853; RS 1478; s. 1, ch. 4726, 1899; GS 1926; RGS 3189; CGL 4981; s. 1, ch. 16009, 1933; s. 1, ch. 16975, 1935; s. 1, ch. 57-44; s. 1, ch. 57-1974; s. 16, ch. 67-254; s. 3, ch. 71-241; s. 112, ch. 86-220.
Note.Former s. 65.02.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 61.021
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 61.021.



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Cases Citing Statute 61.021

Total Results: 20

ROCHESTER SOUTHWELL v. MARY SOUTHWELL

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-03-22T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: error, we affirm the final judgment. Section 61.21(4)(a), Florida Statutes (2021), mandates that each… days after the filing of the petition." § 61.21(5). However, "[t]he court may excuse a party…within the required time, for good cause." § 61.21(4)(b). Each party must "file proof of compliance…prior to the entry of the final judgment." § 61.21(5). With respect to the failure of a party to comply…sanctioned as the court deems appropriate." § 61.21(9). It is undisputed that the Former Husband

JACQUES JUNIOR ARMAND v. GINOU ARMAND AMISY

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2021-02-09T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: Florida residency requirement pursuant to section 61.021, Florida Statutes. He claimed that he was a citizen

JAMES P. MEJIA v. ROSA B. MEJIA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2020-04-29T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: chief seat” of affairs was in Florida. Section 61.021, Florida Statutes, requires one of the parties …dissolution petition. “Residence” as used in section 61.021 means “an actual presence in Florida coupled with

KRISTA CARLTON v. VICTOR CARL ZANAZZI

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-03-05T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: filed by the former wife in December 2016. See §§ 61.021, 61.052, Fla. Stat. (2016); Marshall v. Marshall…jurisdiction over a marriage, pursuant to sections 61.021 and 61.052, Florida Statutes, then it can dissolve

McNeil v. Jenkins-McNeil

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-07-23T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: the state before the filing of the petition. § 61.021, Fla. Stat. (2015). Residency for this statutory…requires that proof of residence under section 61.021 be corroborated by a “valid Florida driver license

Scudder v. Scudder

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-10-20T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 228 So. 3d 703

Snippet: for the parties or their children under sections 61.021, 61.503(4), and 61.514. Therefore, the Collier

Carson v. Carson

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-09-18T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 226 So. 3d 374

Snippet: plan or modification of a timesharing schedule. § 61.21, Fla. Stat. (2016). There had been a previous

Minda v. Minda

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-04-29T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 190 So. 3d 1126, 2016 WL 1718854, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 6621

Snippet: residents of Florida within the meaning of section 61.021, Florida Statutes (2014), that the former husband… Florida resident within the meaning of section 61.021 but instead that each is a resident of the State…not a resident of Florida for purposes of section 61.021 even though she possessed a Florida driver’s license

Vinsand v. Vinsand

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-10-28T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 179 So. 3d 366

Snippet: obtaining a divorce in this state. See § 61.021, Fla. Stat. (2012) (“To obtain a dissolution of

Padilla v. Vindel

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2014-02-12T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 132 So. 3d 378

Snippet: the filing of the petition as required by section 61.021, Florida Statutes (2012). See Rudel v. Rudel, 111

Rudel v. Rudel

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2013-04-17T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 111 So. 3d 285

Snippet: not satisfy the residency requirement of section 61.021, Florida Statutes. The court’s determination of…937 So.2d 730, 734-35 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006). Section 61.021 provides that to obtain a divorce one of the parties…for dissolution. “Residence” as used in section 61.021 means “ ‘an actual presence in Florida coupled …State of Florida within the meaning of Section [61.021], supra) is both a question of law and fact to …establishing Florida residency pursuant to section 61.021. Weber looked to Perez v. Perez, 164 So.2d 561

Franks v. Franks

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2012-05-04T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 86 So. 3d 1252

Snippet: before the petition for dissolution was filed. See § 61.021, Fla. Stat. (2010). In addition, although the Former

Gray v. Bresler

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2011-03-02T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 82 So. 3d 821

Snippet: the counterpetition, the requirements of section 61.021, Florida Statutes, were fulfilled.1 See Gilbert…WARNER, POLEN and STEVENSON, JJ., concur. . Section 61.021 was amended in 1986 to provide that one of the

Mikulec v. Mikulec

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2010-10-13T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 47 So. 3d 851

Snippet: matter jurisdiction in a divorce proceeding, section 61.021, Florida Statutes, provides that "one of the

DA v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2009-04-29T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 10 So. 3d 674

Snippet: ), superseded by statute, Wash. Rev. Code. § 46.61.021 (1997). Our jurisprudence holds these additional

D.A. v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2009-04-29T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 10 So. 3d 674

Snippet: ), superseded by statute, Wash. Rev. Code. § 46.61.021 (1997). Our jurisprudence holds these additional

Lande v. Lande

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2008-12-24T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 2 So. 3d 378, 2008 Fla. App. LEXIS 19360, 2008 WL 5352144

Snippet: jurisdiction over a marriage, pursuant to sections 61.021 and 61.052, Florida Statutes, then it can dissolve…resident of Florida since October of 2000. See § 61.021, Fla. Stat. (2007) ("to obtain a dissolution

Grey v. Grey

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2008-12-12T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 995 So. 2d 623

Snippet: evidence of residency in Florida. We reverse. Section 61.021, Florida Statutes (2007), provides that “[t]o obtain

Marshall v. Marshall

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2008-08-27T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 988 So. 2d 644

Snippet: jurisdiction over a marriage, pursuant to sections 61.021 and 61.052, Florida Statutes, then it can dissolve

Snyder v. McLeod

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2007-12-27T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 971 So. 2d 166

Snippet: often arises in divorce cases, because section 61.021, Florida Statutes, requires that one of the parties…dissolution cases is therefore instructive. Under section 61.021, Florida residency is defined as "an actual…corroborate the Florida residency requirement in section 61.021. See also Hunter v. Hunter, 736 So.2d 801 (Fla.