Florida Statute 708.09 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XL
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY

Chapter 708
MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY

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F.S. 708.09

708.09 Married women’s rights; agreements with husband, power of attorney, etc.—Every married woman may enter into agreements and contracts with her husband, may become the partner of her husband or others, may give a power of attorney to her husband, and may execute powers conferred upon her by her husband, including the power to execute and acknowledge all instruments, including relinquishments of dower, conveying, transferring, or encumbering property, or any interest in it, owned by her, or by herself and her husband as tenants by the entirety, or by her husband. All powers of attorney heretofore executed by a wife to her husband and vice versa, and the execution of all documents executed thereunder, are hereby validated and confirmed.

History.—s. 1, ch. 21696, 1943; s. 2, ch. 21932, 1943; s. 3, ch. 70-4.

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Cases Citing Statute 708.09

Total Results: 20

Linda O'Donnell v. James E. Lee, II, and Paige J. Lee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-06-05

Snippet: generally Lance v. Martinez- Arango, 251 So. 2d 707, 708–09 (Fla. 3d DCA 1971).

MARTIN J. ZARCADOOLAS v. GREGORY TONY, as Sheriff of Broward County

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2023-01-04

Snippet: probable cause. See State v. Bowers, 87 So. 3d 704, 708–09 (Fla. 2012). When the existence of probable cause

J.V., THE FATHER v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2021-08-11

Snippet: section 39.806(1)(f), Florida Statutes. Id. at 706, 708–09. On appeal, the Second District affirmed that

M.B., THE MOTHER v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2021-08-11

Snippet: section 39.806(1)(f), Florida Statutes. Id. at 706, 708–09. On appeal, the Second District affirmed that

Q.H. c/o AMY HILL v. SUNSHINE STATE HEALTH PLAN, INC.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2020-10-07

Snippet: for Health Care Administration, 94 So. 3d 708, 708–09 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012), this court cited C.F. with

Q.H. c/o AMY HILL v. SUNSHINE STATE HEALTH PLAN, INC.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2020-10-07

Snippet: for Health Care Administration, 94 So. 3d 708, 708–09 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012), this court cited C.F. with

Q.H. c/o AMY HILL v. SUNSHINE STATE HEALTH PLAN, INC.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2020-10-07

Snippet: for Health Care Administration, 94 So. 3d 708, 708–09 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012), this court cited C.F. with

THE ALLEGRO AT BOYNTON BEACH, LLC v. C. BRUCE PEARSON and OLSON LAND PARTNERS, LLC

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2019-11-27

Snippet: performance of the condition would be futile.” Id. at 708-09. The Seller’s July 2015 letter refusing to

Tejera v. Lincoln Lending Services

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2019-02-27

Citation: 271 So. 3d 97

Snippet: and pension and social security payments.” Id. at 708-09. The question presented was “whether the delayed

Charles Lee v. State of Florida

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-01-25

Snippet: in the information. Lee v. State, 130 So. 3d at 708-09. Lee was originally sentenced to life imprisonment

Kenneth Darcell Quince v. State of Florida

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-01-18

Snippet: See Asay v. State (Asay VI), 224 So. 3d 695, 708-09 (Fla. 2017) (Pariente, J., dissenting). In this

Dan Sowell, etc. v. Panama Commons L.P.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-06-02

Citation: 192 So. 3d 27, 41 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 249, 2016 WL 3090403, 2016 Fla. LEXIS 1149

Snippet: expiated. McCord v. Smith, 43 So.2d 704, 708-09 (Fla.1949); cf. [State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins

Rodriguez-Aguilar v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-03-09

Citation: 198 So. 3d 792, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 3601, 2016 WL 886225

Snippet: modified by State v. Lyles, 576 So.2d 706, 708-09 (Fla.1991), receded from on other grounds

CVS Caremark Corporation and Gallagher etc. v. Sharon McIntosh

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2015-05-26

Citation: 163 So. 3d 1270

Snippet: Campbell v. L & C Constr., 869 So.2d 708, 708-09 (Fla. 1st DCA 2004) (reversing JCC’s denial of

Newborn v. Isbell

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2015-04-22

Citation: 165 So. 3d 16, 2015 WL 1809314

Snippet: amount of any attorneys’ fee claim under Fla. Stat. 708.09 [sic] ... are preserved and shall be treated as

Marshall Stranburg, in his official etc. v. Panama Commons L.P.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2015-04-07

Citation: 160 So. 3d 160

Snippet: (Fla.1999) (quoting McCord v. Smith, 43 So.2d 704, 708-09 (Fla.1949)). The constitutional question is whether

Dale Norman v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2015-02-18

Citation: 159 So. 3d 205, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 2178, 2015 WL 669582

Snippet: Amendment challenges. See Ezell, 651 F.3d at 708-09 (contrasting the intermediate scrutiny previously

Westphal v. City of St. Petersburg/City of St. Petersburg Risk Management

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2013-09-23

Citation: 122 So. 3d 440, 2013 WL 5302584, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 15084

Snippet: Court stated in Whiley v. Scott, 79 So.3d 702, 708-09 (Fla.2011): ‘[Separation of powers recognizes three

Bilbrey v. Myers

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2012-06-29

Citation: 91 So. 3d 887, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 10565, 2012 WL 2465242

Snippet: Orthodox Diocese v. Milivojevich, 426 U.S. 696, 708-09, 96 S.Ct. 2372, 49 L.Ed.2d 151 (1976)). Intrachurch

Department of Children & Family Services v. K.D.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2012-05-09

Citation: 88 So. 3d 977, 2012 WL 1605425

Snippet: terminating parental rights to that child. Id. at 708-09. However, the two older children in K.A. had not