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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

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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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 708.09
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 708.09.



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

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R. ACOSTA v. FAIRMOUNT FOUNDRY, INC., 391 F. Supp. 3d 395 (E.D. Pa. 2019)

. . . pay award of at least $ 275,662.40, a calculation based on an award of 360 weeks of front pay at a $ 708.09 . . .

NEWBORN, v. ISBELL,, 165 So. 3d 16 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2015)

. . . Stat. 708.09 [sic] ... are preserved and shall be treated as if the case proceeded to trial and verdict . . .

WAITE, v. WAITE,, 593 So. 2d 222 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

. . . . § 708.09, Fla.Stat. (1989). . . .

In GUARDIANSHIP OF S. MEDLEY, J. EMIDDIO, S. f k a v. SOUTHEAST BANK, N. A. S., 573 So. 2d 892 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

. . . Simpson said, “The heart of the decision in the Hector Supply case is, as we read it, the fact that Sec. 708.09 . . .

R. S. v., 78 T.C. 55 (T.C. 1982)

. . . Ann. sec. 708.09 (West Supp. 1981). . . .

RAISEN, v. RAISEN, 379 So. 2d 352 (Fla. 1979)

. . . .; sections 708.08 and 708.09, Florida Statutes, (1977). . . . separate instrument without the joinder of her husband, executed in the same manner as conveyances. § 708.09 . . .

WEST, v. B. WEST,, 372 So. 2d 170 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1979)

. . . All 50 states have enacted statutes similar to Sections 708.08 and 708.09, Florida Statutes (1977), the . . .

UNGAR v. DUNKIN DONUTS OF AMERICA, INC. RADER v. DUNKIN DONUTS, INC., 68 F.R.D. 65 (E.D. Pa. 1975)

. . . such situations, the suit should be 'treated under (b)(3).” 3B Moore, Federal Practice [¶] 23.45 at 23-708.09 . . .

G. BELCHER, v. A. BELCHER,, 271 So. 2d 7 (Fla. 1972)

. . . Florida Statutes, Section 708.09, F.S.A. . . .

P. SIMPSON, Sr. v. L. SCHOENEMANN,, 263 So. 2d 854 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1972)

. . . . § 708.09 F.S.A. This statute allows for the passage of powers of attorney between spouses. . . . The heart of the decision in the Hector Supply case is, as we read it, the fact that Sec. 708.09, Florida . . .

FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LEESBURG, v. HECTOR SUPPLY COMPANY, a, 254 So. 2d 777 (Fla. 1971)

. . . . § 708.09, F.S.A. This statute allows for the passage of powers of attorney between spouses. . . .

G. A. F. S. Co. v., 67 Cust. Ct. 167 (Cust. Ct. 1971)

. . . The merchandise was classified upon importation under item 708.09 of the tariff schedules as other optical . . . other optical elements, all of the foregoing whether mounted or not mounted: Not mounted: ‡ ‡ ^ ‡ ‡ $ 708.09 . . . As the Tariff Classification Study, Schedule 7 (1960) points out (p. 141) : Items 708.05 through 708.09 . . . not the imported heat filter glass disk constitutes an “optical element” within the meaning of item 708.09 . . . In this context, the term “optical element” as used in item 708.09 refers in its common meaning to a . . .

GASTON, v. PITTMAN,, 224 So. 2d 326 (Fla. 1969)

. . . “The Florida Married Women’s Emancipation Act of 1943, §§ 708.08 and 708.09, Fla.Stat., F.S.A., enacted . . .

v., 62 Cust. Ct. 497 (Cust. Ct. 1969)

. . . RaJbinowitz (Import Specialist’s Name) assessed with duty at 42.5% ad valorem under the provisions of Item 708.09 . . .

LOSEY, v. LOSEY, Jr., 221 So. 2d 417 (Fla. 1969)

. . . decisions. “[2] But such funds are the proper subject of contract between husband and wife, section 708.09 . . . Although the Dodson case, supra, was considering the distribution of personalty, F.S.A. § 708.09 authorizing . . . executed in accordance with the provisions providing for the conveyance of title to property, F.S.A. § 708.09 . . .

SNOW, v. MATHEWS, a, 190 So. 2d 50 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1966)

. . . . § 708.09 authorizing the execution of contracts between a married woman and her husband setting up . . . S.A. § 708.09 authorizing contracts between husband and wife is not limited to personal property and . . . executed in accordance with the provisions providing for the conveyance of title to property, F.S.A. § 708.09 . . .

UNITED STATES E. A. WHITE d b a E. A. Co. v. THOMPSON GEORGESON, INC. a, 346 F.2d 865 (9th Cir. 1965)

. . . As to the $4,-708.09 which T&G paid those creditors for their releases, White’s hold harmless obligation . . .

AMENDOLA, v. M. AMENDOLA,, 118 So. 2d 13 (Fla. 1960)

. . . The Florida Married Women’s Emancipation Act of 1943, §§ 708.08 and 708.09, Fla.Stat., F.S.A., enacted . . .

MADDEX, v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CLEARWATER, M., 97 So. 2d 871 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1957)

. . . . § 708.09.” . . .

SHIVER v. B. SESSIONS, Sr., 80 So. 2d 905 (Fla. 1955)

. . . has not been changed by the so-called Married Women’s Emancipation Act of 1943, Sections 708.08 and 708.09 . . .

MOULTON v. UNITED STATES, 109 F. Supp. 507 (N.D. Fla. 1953)

. . . See, Section 708.09, F.S.A. . . .

In SELIKIN S ESTATE, 3 Fla. Supp. 98 (Dade Cty. Cir. Ct. 1952)

. . . It is hard to reconcile the provisions of our own last statute, sections 708.08, 708.09 and 708.10, Florida . . .

SHELDON v. WATERS, 168 F.2d 483 (5th Cir. 1948)

. . . . * * * But such funds are the proper subject of contract between husband and wife, Section 708.09, F.S.A . . .

MARTHA E. DODSON PHILLIS DODSON, v. NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, a SARAH JANE DODSON, SADIE J. DODSON, a, 159 Fla. 371 (Fla. 1947)

. . . But such funds are the proper subject of contrast between husband and wife (708.09, F.S.A.) and they . . .

STATE OF FLORIDA v. JAMES ROBERT HERNDON, 158 Fla. 115 (Fla. 1946)

. . . Chapters 21696 and 21932, Sections 708.07, 708.09 and 708.10, 1945 Cumulative Supplement to Florida Statutes . . .

J. S. HOSKINS LUMBER CO., 3 B.T.A. 846 (B.T.A. 1926)

. . . gear account was reduced by the amount of $4,059.19, which included depreciation in the amount of $708.09 . . .