Florida Statute 61.071 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 61
DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE; SUPPORT; TIME-SHARING

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F.S. 61.071

61.071 Alimony pendente lite; suit money.—In every proceeding for dissolution of the marriage, a party may claim alimony and suit money in the petition or by motion, and if the petition is well founded, the court shall allow a reasonable sum therefor. If a party in any proceeding for dissolution of marriage claims alimony or suit money in his or her answer or by motion, and the answer or motion is well founded, the court shall allow a reasonable sum therefor.

History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 3581, 1885; RS 1483; GS 1931; RGS 3194; CGL 4986; s. 2, ch. 29737, 1955; s. 16, ch. 67-254; s. 9, ch. 71-241; s. 319, ch. 95-147.

Note.—Former s. 65.07.

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 61.071

Total Results: 20

National Loan Acquisitions Company v. Tabernacle Christian Center Ministries, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-11-13

Snippet: 8 So. 3d 61, 71 (Fla. 4th DCA 2021) (quoting Bennett v. Berges

Haslauer v. Haslauer

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-03-06

Snippet: preservation of the property of the parties”); § 61.071, Fla. Stat. (authorizing an allowance for “alimony

AMANDA LYNN DIGIACOMO v. ODEL JORGE MOSQUERA

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2021-06-16

Snippet: 9 alimony specifically cited to section 61.071, Florida Statutes (2018), 3 and expressly sought

Jack E. De La Piedra, Husband v. Katherine M. De La Piedra, Wife

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-04-25

Citation: 243 So. 3d 1052

Snippet: 2d 1048, 1051 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007)); see also § 61.071, Fla. Stat. (allowing for reasonable sum alimony

DAVID STEPHEN REIDY v. LIUDMYLA Y. REIDY

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-12-20

Snippet: permitted only in narrow circumstances. Section 61.071, Florida Statutes (2017), pertains to alimony in

De Matos Rebolledo v. Cambero Cordero

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-03-22

Citation: 217 So. 3d 147, 2017 WL 1076924, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 3786

Snippet: motion seeking temporary support pursuant to section 61.071 of the Florida Statutes, and in August of 2015

Ard v. Ard

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-02-10

Citation: 208 So. 3d 1288, 2017 WL 535390, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 1630

Snippet: Driscoll, 915 So.2d 771, 773 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005); see § 61.071, Fla. Stat. (2016). The alimony award in this case

Trainor v. Trainor

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-09-07

Citation: 199 So. 3d 523, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 13456, 2016 WL 4681108

Snippet: court shall allow a reasonable sum therefor.” § 61.071, Fla. Stat. (2014). “[T]en> porary relief awards

Lafferty v. Lafferty

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2014-03-28

Citation: 134 So. 3d 1142, 2014 WL 1258539, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 4678

Snippet: retroactive alimony in the sum of $29,423. See § 61.071, Fla. Stat. (2010). The court found that Former

Romano v. Olshen

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2014-03-12

Citation: 153 So. 3d 912, 2014 WL 940700

Snippet: 710 So.2d 223 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998); see also §§ 61.071, 61.08, 61.09, Fla. Stat. (2012); Lashkajani v

Cobo v. Sierralta

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2009-05-27

Citation: 13 So. 3d 493, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 6234, 2009 WL 1456951

Snippet: .." § 61.16, Fla. Stat. (1991); see also id. § 61.071. The leading case, Nichols v. Nichols, 519 So.2d

Efron v. Efron

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2002-04-03

Citation: 813 So. 2d 209, 2002 Fla. App. LEXIS 4316, 2002 WL 491867

Snippet: ” § 61.08(1), Fla. Stat. (1999); see also id. § 61.071. The former husband’s argument, as we understand

Lowe v. Broward County

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2000-09-20

Citation: 766 So. 2d 1199, 2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 11893, 2000 WL 1345513

Snippet: proceeding for the dissolution of marriage (Fla.Stat. §§ 61.071, 61.08); the right to an elective share in the

Fernandez v. Fernandez

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1998-05-08

Citation: 710 So. 2d 223, 1998 WL 226159

Snippet: dissolution. That duty is imposed by statute. See §§ 61.071 and 61.08, Fla. Stat. (1997); see also § 61.09

Pefaur v. Pefaur

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1993-04-27

Citation: 617 So. 2d 425, 1993 WL 130554

Snippet: ." § 61.16, Fla. Stat. (1991); see also id. § 61.071. The leading case, Nichols v. Nichols, 519 So.2d

State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Smith

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1990-07-12

Citation: 565 So. 2d 751, 1990 Fla. App. LEXIS 5026, 1990 WL 95445

Snippet: expressed in A. Hyde, The Seat Belt Defense, at 61-71 (1985). [7] The specific problem of experts in

Martin v. Martin

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1990-05-22

Citation: 561 So. 2d 1266, 1990 WL 67337

Snippet: temporary attorney's fees awardable under Section 61.071, Florida Statutes (1989).

Nudelman v. Nudelman

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1989-05-09

Citation: 542 So. 2d 486, 1989 WL 47188

Snippet: application to temporary fees awardable under section 61.071, Florida Statutes (1987) for representation during

Ugarte v. Ugarte

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1989-02-21

Citation: 538 So. 2d 547, 1989 Fla. App. LEXIS 882, 1989 WL 13047

Snippet: DCA), cert. denied, 390 So.2d 827 (Fla.1980); §§ 61.071, 61.13, 61.16, Fla.Stat. (1987).

Littlejohn v. Littlejohn

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1986-10-01

Citation: 495 So. 2d 271, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 2109

Snippet: not justify the denial of temporary relief. §§ 61.071, 61.16, Fla. Stat. (1985). The provision of the