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Fla. Stat. § 61.191 (2025)
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61.191 Application.—
(1) This act applies to all proceedings commenced on or after July 1, 1971. However, pending actions for divorce are deemed to have been commenced on the bases provided in s. 61.052, and evidence as to such bases for dissolution of marriage after July 1, 1971, shall be in compliance with this act.
(2) This act applies to all proceedings commenced after July 1, 1971, for the modification of a judgment or order entered prior to July 1, 1971.
(3) In any action or proceeding in which an appeal was pending or a new trial was ordered prior to July 1, 1971, the law in effect at the time of the order sustaining the appeal or the new trial governs the appeal, the new trial, and any subsequent trial or appeal.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1972–1974 · leading case: Carmel v. Carmel, 282 So. 2d 6 (Fla. 3d DCA 1973).
Carmel v. Carmel, 282 So. 2d 6 (Fla. 3d DCA 1973). “" F.S. § 61.191 F.S.A. very clearly expresses the mandate of the legislature that the No-Fault Divorce Law "applies to all proceedings commenced on or after July 1, 1971.”
Belcher v. Belcher, 271 So. 2d 7 (Fla. 1972). “See new § 61.191. [9] Kaufman v. Kaufman, 63 So.2d 196 (Fla.”
Keller v. Keller, 308 So. 2d 106 (Fla. 1974). “This point of law was not analyzed by the trial court or the district court in their decisions, yet the "old" law would provide, based on the trial court's findings of fact, complete justification for petitioner's seemingly meager alimony award.”
— 61.191(1) — 2 cases
Carmel v. Carmel, 282 So. 2d 6 (Fla. 3d DCA 1973). “" F.S. § 61.191 F.S.A. very clearly expresses the mandate of the legislature that the No-Fault Divorce Law "applies to all proceedings commenced on or after July 1, 1971.”
Keller v. Keller, 308 So. 2d 106 (Fla. 1974). “This point of law was not analyzed by the trial court or the district court in their decisions, yet the "old" law would provide, based on the trial court's findings of fact, complete justification for petitioner's seemingly meager alimony award.”
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