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Fla. Stat. § 61.031 (2025)

Dissolution of marriage to be a vinculo.

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61.031 Dissolution of marriage to be a vinculo.—No dissolution of marriage is from bed and board, but is from bonds of matrimony.

History.—s. 3, Feb. 14, 1835; RS 1479; GS 1927; RGS 3190; CGL 4982; s. 16, ch. 67-254; s. 4, ch. 71-241.

Note.—Former s. 65.03.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1976–2015 · leading case: In Re Marriage of Mitchell, 545 S.W.2d 313 (Mo. Ct. App. 1976).

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In Re Marriage of Mitchell, 545 S.W.2d 313 (Mo. Ct. App. 1976). “Code § 4506 (1970); Fla.Stat. §§ 61.031, 61.044, 61.052 (1971); Iowa Code Ann.”

Norris v. Norris, 28 So. 3d 953 (Fla. 2d DCA 2010). “A final judgment of dissolution of marriage typically includes a finding that the parties’ marriage is irretrievably broken and a declaration that it is dissolved.”

Brandon-Thomas v. Brandon-Thomas, 163 So. 3d 644 (Fla. 2d DCA 2015). · cites it 2× “See § 61.031 ("No dissolution of marriage is from bed and board, but is from bonds of matrimony.”

Hilderbran v. Hilderbran, 357 So. 2d 788 (Fla. 1st DCA 1978). “Florida Statute § 61.031 provides: “No divorce is from bed and board, but is from bonds of matrimony.”

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