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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLIII
DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 743
DISABILITY OF NONAGE OF MINORS REMOVED
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F.S. 743.07
743.07 Rights, privileges, and obligations of persons 18 years of age or older.
(1) The disability of nonage is hereby removed for all persons in this state who are 18 years of age or older, and they shall enjoy and suffer the rights, privileges, and obligations of all persons 21 years of age or older except as otherwise excluded by the State Constitution immediately preceding the effective date of this section and except as otherwise provided in the Beverage Law.
(2) This section shall not prohibit any court of competent jurisdiction from requiring support for a dependent person beyond the age of 18 years when such dependency is because of a mental or physical incapacity which began prior to such person reaching majority or if the person is dependent in fact, is between the ages of 18 and 19, and is still in high school, performing in good faith with a reasonable expectation of graduation before the age of 19.
(3) This section shall operate prospectively and not retrospectively, and shall not affect the rights and obligations existing prior to July 1, 1973.
History.ss. 2, 3, ch. 73-21; s. 5, ch. 80-74; s. 22, ch. 88-176; s. 8, ch. 91-246; s. 84, ch. 99-3.

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Amendments to 743.07


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 743.07
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 743.07.



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

WALKER, v. WALKER,, 274 So. 3d 1156 (Fla. App. Ct. 2019)

. . . Section 743.07(2), Florida Statutes (2016), allows for an award of support for a child who is between . . .

FARMER, v. STATE, 268 So. 3d 1009 (Fla. App. Ct. 2019)

. . . Code § 46-101 (2018) ; § 743.07, Fla. Stat. (2018) ; Ga. Code Ann § 13-3-20 (2018); Haw. Rev. Stat. . . .

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE O B O E. SALYER, v. J. VOBROUCEK,, 259 So. 3d 228 (Fla. App. Ct. 2018)

. . . ends once the child reaches the age of majority, "unless the court finds or previously found that s. 743.07 . . . Section 743.07(2), in turn, contains two provisions that authorize a court to extend a child support . . . We took care, however, to note that section 743.07(2)'s second provision, allowing modification of a . . . The second provision of section 743.07(2) is clear and unambiguous. Dyck-O'Neal, Inc. v. . . . Applying the plain language of the second provision of section 743.07(2), we conclude the circuit court . . .

LAMORTE, v. TESTONI,, 238 So. 3d 855 (Fla. App. Ct. 2018)

. . . is without prejudice to the mother seeking a modification of child support on the basis that section 743.07 . . . initial order to modify the amount and terms and conditions of the child support payments ... if s. 743.07 . . . (2) applies ...."); § 743.07(2), Fla. . . .

DIXON, v. DIXON n k a, 233 So. 3d 1285 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2018)

. . . reached the age of majority unless the trial court has made a finding of dependence pursuant to section 743.07 . . . Section 743.07(1) provides that once a child-reaches the age of 18, they are no longer considered a minor . . .

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE O B O TISDALE, v. L. JACKSON,, 217 So. 3d 192 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

. . . Section 743.07(2), Florida Statutes (2016), provides: This section shall not prohibit any court of competent . . . performing in good faith with a reasonable expectation of graduation before the age of [nineteen], § 743.07 . . . to extend it beyond the child’s eighteenth birthday, based on the high school provision of section 743.07 . . . petition for continuing support for a dependent child pursuant to the high school provision section 743.07 . . . See § 743.07(2), Fla. Stat. (2016). . . .

METHELUS, Y. M. a v. SCHOOL BOARD OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, 243 F. Supp. 3d 1266 (M.D. Fla. 2017)

. . . . § 743.07(1). . . .

GARCIA- LAWSON, v. P. LAWSON,, 211 So. 3d 137 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

. . . child’s 18th birthday with no showing that the child was otherwise legally dependent under section 743.07 . . . support to terminate on a child’s 18th birthday unless the court finds or previously found that s. 743.07 . . . the preceding twenty-four months when the child was a minor or qualified for support under section 743.07 . . .

BLOOM, v. PANCHYSHYN,, 200 So. 3d 272 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . Section 743.07(2),'Florida Statutes (2015), clearly authorizes a parent to “file a petition seeking child . . . Lockmiller, 791 So.2d 552, 553 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001) (“[Nothing in section 743.07(2) suggests that the former . . . Accordingly, pursuant to section 743.07(2), the trial court had the authority to require the former wife . . . that child support orders terminate when the child turns 18 “unless the court finds ... that [section] 743.07 . . .

LOZA, v. MARIN,, 198 So. 3d 1017 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . court had subject matter jurisdiction to modify Husband’s child support obligation pursuant to section 743.07 . . . The Textual Framework of Sections 61.13(l)(a) and 743.07 Section 61.13(l)(a)(l)(a) states that “[a]ll . . . Finally, section 743.07 reads, in pertinent part: (1) The disability of nonage is hereby removed for . . . In fact, it is contemplated by the plain language of section 743.07(1), which merely lowered the age . . . Here, Wife did not file a petition to modify child support for the son pursuant to section 743.07(2) . . .

P. LARWA, v. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE o b o M. ROUSH,, 169 So. 3d 1285 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2015)

. . . See § 743.07(2), Fla. Stat. (2014). . . .

TERESI, v. TERESI,, 160 So. 3d 953 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2015)

. . . See §§ 61.13(l)(a)l.a., 743.07(2), Fla. Stat. . . .

M. HENDERSON, v. J. HENDERSON,, 162 So. 3d 203 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2015)

. . . support to terminate on a child’s 18th birthday unless the court finds or previously found that s. 743.07 . . . Section 743.07(2), Florida Statutes, allows a court to require child support payments for a child that . . .

HARDMAN, v. KOSLOWSKI,, 135 So. 3d 434 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2014)

. . . The trial court does, however, have continuing jurisdiction under sections 61.13(1) and 743.07(2), Florida . . . duty ceases after the "child’s eighteenth birthday unless the court finds or previously found that s. 743.07 . . . In turn, section 743.07(2) empowers the court to require support "for a dependent person beyond the age . . .

SANTOS, v. FLORES,, 116 So. 3d 518 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2013)

. . . See § 743.07, Fla. Stat. (2012). . . .

D. J. S. M. S. v. W. R. R., 99 So. 3d 991 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)

. . . the petition that M.S. was entitled to support until he graduated from high school, citing section 743.07 . . . She again cited to section 743.07. . . . Section 743.07(1) removes the disability of nonage for persons eighteen years of age or older. . . . However, section 743.07(2) provides as follows: (2) This section shall not prohibit any court of competent . . . This court also stated that “nothing in section 743.07(2) suggests that the former wife’s ability to . . .

P. VAN LOOVEN, Jr. v. A. VAN LOOVEN,, 100 So. 3d 148 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)

. . . child reaches majority; if there is a substantial change in the circumstances of the parties; if s. 743.07 . . .

MESSIER, v. J. MARTIN- MESSIER,, 77 So. 3d 795 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2011)

. . . Stat. (2010); § 743.07(2), Fla. Stat. (2010); Wattenbarger v. . . .

In AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA FAMILY LAW RULES OF PROCEDURE, 66 So. 3d 859 (Fla. 2011)

. . . support terminates should be listed as the child’s 18th birthday unless the court has found that section 743.07 . . .

In AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA FAMILY LAW RULES OF PROCEDURE, 48 So. 3d 25 (Fla. 2010)

. . . support terminates should be listed as the child’s 18th birthday unless the court has found that section 743.07 . . .

D. NEVILLE, v. A. NEVILLE,, 34 So. 3d 779 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2010)

. . . face of the agreement of the parties and the order requiring the payment of child support from section 743.07 . . . unless the parent agrees to do so in a binding contract, or unless one of the exceptions to section 743.07 . . . In the matter before us section 743.07(2) should have played no role in the disposition. . . .

GAMACHE, v. L. GAMACHE,, 14 So. 3d 1236 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)

. . . court properly awarded long-term child support in 1992 for this couple’s child pursuant to section 743.07 . . . the couple as to this “special child” because it awarded long-term child support pursuant to section 743.07 . . .

S. ROSE, v. A. ROSE,, 8 So. 3d 1251 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)

. . . The mother argues that the MSA is against public policy in this regard, citing § 743.07(2). . . . Nothing in § 743.07(2) bars parents from providing, as these parents did, that his duty of support ends . . . She argues, however, that the parties “misinterpreted” § 743.07(2). . . . WARNER and DAMOORGIAN, JJ., concur. . § 743.07(2), Fla. . . .

E. D. B. a v. STATE, 5 So. 3d 787 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)

. . . child is alleged to have committed a delinquent act or violation of law. (5) (a) Notwithstanding ss. 743.07 . . .

MONIZ, v. J. MONIZ,, 979 So. 2d 1140 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)

. . . Although section 743.07 of the Florida Statutes (1999) gives the trial court discretion whether to award . . . since children who are still attending high school at age 18 are in need of financial support, section 743.07 . . .

CAMPAGNA, f k a v. COPE,, 971 So. 2d 243 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)

. . . This section may also work in conjunction with section 743.07(2), Florida Statutes (2005), to effectively . . . Under section 743.07(2), a court may order support for a child who is over eighteen, dependent in fact . . . the preceding twenty-four months when the child was a minor or qualified for support under section 743.07 . . . nineteen during the twenty-four months preceding the petition, meaning the requirements of section 743.07 . . . It is unclear from this record whether the younger child meets the requirements of section 743.07(2) . . .

STATE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE ORTEGA, v. ORTEGA,, 948 So. 2d 855 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)

. . . unless the parent agrees to do so in a binding contract or unless one of the exceptions in section 743.07 . . . emancipated, or is/are otherwise no longer (a) dependent child(ren) pursuant to Sections 409.2554(2) and 743.07 . . .

M. S. A v. STATE, 946 So. 2d 1136 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

. . . Section 985.201(4)(a), Florida Statutes (2002), provides: Notwithstanding ss. 743.07, 985.229, 985.23 . . .

C. U. a v. STATE, 945 So. 2d 604 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

. . . delinquent act or violation of law until the child reaches the age of nineteen: (4)(a) Notwithstanding ss. 743.07 . . .

B. C. a v. STATE, 947 So. 2d 510 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

. . . Section 985.201(4)(a), Florida Statutes (2005), provides: Notwithstanding ss. 743.07, 985.229, 985.23 . . . Notwithstanding s. 743.07 and paragraph (d), and except as provided in s. 985.31, the term of the commitment . . .

J. I. S. a v. STATE, 930 So. 2d 587 (Fla. 2006)

. . . See § 985.231(l)(d) (“Notwithstanding s. 743.07 and this subsection, and except as provided in ss. 985.201 . . . Notwithstanding s. 743.07 and this subsection, and except as provided in ss. 985.201 and 985.31, a child . . .

G. F. a v. STATE, 927 So. 2d 62 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

. . . Powers of disposition in delinquency cases * ⅜ * [l][a]l.d Notwithstanding s. 743.07 and paragraph (d . . .

HIBBARD, o b o K. CARR, v. McGRAW, 918 So. 2d 967 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)

. . . . § 743.07, Fla. Stat. According to records in our file, Carr was born on Marchó, 1981. ■ . . . .

SPALDING, v. SPALDING,, 907 So. 2d 1270 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)

. . . See §§ 61.13(l)(a); 743.07(2), Fla. Stat. (2003). . . .

LAWRENCE, v. HERSHEY,, 890 So. 2d 350 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

. . . If the adult child satisfies the requirements of section 743.07(2), Florida Statutes (2004), then both . . . We affirm without prejudice to the child’s potential claim for support, pursuant to section 743.07(2) . . .

S. B. v. STATE, 884 So. 2d 473 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

. . . Notwithstanding s. 743.07 and this subsection, and except as provided in ss. 985.201 and 985.31, a child . . .

HENDERSON, v. HENDERSON,, 882 So. 2d 499 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

. . . Section 743.07(2), Florida Statutes (2003), which is to be read in conjunction with chapter 61 of the . . .

TAYLOR, Jr. v. E. BONSALL, f k a E., 875 So. 2d 705 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

. . . chapter 744, Florida Statutes (2002), were the only individuals authorized to seek support under section 743.07 . . . The mother had no continuing right to directly receive Devon’s section 743.07 payments for support without . . . is my view that the mother lost all authority to represent Devon’s interest or enforce any section 743.07 . . . Devon or a guardian appointed pursuant to chapter 744, Florida Statutes, has the right to seek section 743.07 . . . stipulation would result in a forfeiture of Devon’s right to claim support as a dependent adult under section 743.07 . . . father “to continue to contribute support” for Devon after her eighteenth birthday pursuant to section 743.07 . . . Section 743.07(2), Florida Statutes, provides that a court of competent jurisdiction can require parents . . . the mother’s life, Devon lived with the father and subsequently returned to live with the mother. . 743.07 . . . Clearly, Devon has a substantive right under common law (preserved by section 743.07(2), Florida Statutes . . .

C. KUTTAS, v. R. RITTER f k a R., 879 So. 2d 3 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

. . . Both parents agreed that their children were disabled within the meaning of section 743.07(2), Florida . . .

D. ROWLAND, v. ROWLAND,, 868 So. 2d 608 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

. . . in the second amended final judgment of dissolution does not properly track the language of section 743.07 . . . We direct that the child support provision properly reflect the directives contained in section 743.07 . . .

HIBBARD, o b o K. v. McGRAW, 862 So. 2d 816 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)

. . . . § 743.07, Fla. Stat. According to records in our file, Carr was born on March 6, 1981. . . . .

E. HARPER, v. HARPER n k a, 848 So. 2d 1179 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)

. . . . § 743.07(1), Fla. Stat. (2001). . . . . § 743.07(2). . . .

HASTINGS n k a n k a v. HASTINGS,, 841 So. 2d 484 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)

. . . The mother and the son counter-petitioned for the establishment of support for the son under Section 743.07 . . . Section 743.07(2) reads in pertinent part: “This section shall not prohibit any court of competent jurisdiction . . . or a cause of action, but “saved” any common law right or cause of action from extinction by section 743.07 . . . Cyr and Baldi dealt with the statutory nonage change of section 743.07(1), Florida Statutes and whether . . . By Section 743.07(1), Fla. Stat. (effective July 1, 1973). . . . . In the portion of Baldi that is pertinent here, this Court quoted the language of Section 743.07(2), . . . The substance of the current Section 743.07(2), Florida Statutes, is the same as it existed at the time . . .

LANE, v. MRA HOLDINGS, LLC d b a MRA AMX LLC, 242 F. Supp. 2d 1205 (M.D. Fla. 2002)

. . . . § 743.07, which removes the disabilities of a minor at the age of 18, and Fla. . . . Stat. § 743.07 provides "[t]he disability of nonage is hereby removed for all persons in this state who . . .

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE LOCKMILLER By HOBBS, v. LOCKMILLER,, 791 So. 2d 552 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

. . . See § 743.07(2), Fla. Stat. (2000). . . . Furthermore, nothing in section 743.07(2) suggests that the former wife’s ability to seek support for . . .

RUIZ, v. G. RUIZ,, 783 So. 2d 361 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

. . . Because the court had jurisdiction over Meleny at the time the petition was filed, section 743.07(2), . . . It should be noted that section 743.07 does not itself grant parental support to dependent children; . . .

S. L. K. v. STATE, 776 So. 2d 1062 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

. . . the court may retain jurisdiction until the child reaches nineteen years of age: Notwithstanding ss. 743.07 . . . Notwithstanding s. 743.07 and paragraph (d), and except as provided in s. 985.31, the term of the commitment . . .

M. HILL, v. HOOTEN,, 776 So. 2d 1004 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

. . . Although section 743.07 of the Florida Statutes (1999) gives the trial court discretion whether to award . . . since children who are still attending high school at age 18 are in need of financial support, section 743.07 . . .

C. GHATA, v. J. GHATA,, 768 So. 2d 1243 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

. . . obligations for each child continue beyond 18 years of age in accordance with the provisions of section 743.07 . . .

LOWE, v. BROWARD COUNTY,, 766 So. 2d 1199 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

. . . Compare BroWARD Co., Fla.Code § 16/6 -153(b)(1) (1999) with § 743.07(1), Fla. . . .

L. WATTENBARGER, v. J. WATTENBARGER,, 767 So. 2d 1172 (Fla. 2000)

. . . Section 743.07(2), Florida Statutes (1997), provides: This section shall not prohibit any court of competent . . . be entitled to a diploma, prior to his nineteenth birthday thus meeting the requirements of section 743.07 . . . reasoned that to hold the contrary would be an “incorrect application of the plain language of section 743.07 . . . nineteen several days prior to their graduation ceremony: We construe the term “graduation” in section 743.07 . . . Fourth District’s reading compatible with the “reasonable expectation of graduation” language of section 743.07 . . .

GONZALEZ, a By GONZALEZ, v. RENO,, 86 F. Supp. 2d 1167 (S.D. Fla. 2000)

. . . . § 743.07(1) (West 2000), which curtails certain rights. See 25 FI. Jur.2d Fam. L. § 254 (1992). . . .

NERNEY, v. E. NERNEY,, 752 So. 2d 706 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

. . . In contravention of section 743.07(2), Florida Statutes (1999), the trial court’s order also improperly . . . understanding that a petition to modify may be filed in the event that one of the exceptions of section 743.07 . . .

S. R. A. a v. STATE, 766 So. 2d 277 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

. . . the court may retain jurisdiction until the child reaches nineteen years of age: Notwithstanding ss. 743.07 . . .

McMILLIAN, v. STATE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, By A. SEARLES,, 746 So. 2d 1234 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . In Klauder, the court found the thrust of the revision to section 743.07(2) was to clarify the extent . . .

KAPLAN, v. KAPLAN,, 744 So. 2d 1201 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . This court presumed that the child support provision was included because of section 743.07(2), Florida . . . the child support obligation, this court reasoned as follows: [I]t is clear that the statute [section 743.07 . . . was appropriate because it met the criteria for continued support beyond age 18 pursuant to section 743.07 . . .

HESSE, v. HESSE,, 779 So. 2d 312 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . Section 743.07(2) authorizes a court to require support for a dependent person beyond the age of 18 years . . . This case involves the graduation provision of section 743.07(2). . . . While there was some discussion involving the incapacity provision of section 743.07(2) at the modification . . . the age of 19.” § 743.07(2), Fla. . . . Therefore, the trial court erred in finding that the graduation provision of section 743.07(2) authorized . . .

BRENNAN, v. STATE, 754 So. 2d 1 (Fla. 1999)

. . . Stat. (1987), enter into a contract, compare § 743.01 with § 743.07, Fla. . . . Compare § 743.01 with § 743.07, Fla. Stat. (1987). . . .

T. HANLEY, v. HANLEY,, 734 So. 2d 529 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . continue until the trial court determines that he is no longer dependent within the meaning of section 743.07 . . .

J. WATTENBARGER, v. L. WATTENBARGER,, 728 So. 2d 277 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . The former husband appeals, arguing that, under section 743.07(2), Florida Statutes (1995), and the cases . . . Section 743.07(2) provides that a trial court may require child support for a dependent beyond the age . . . Under the terms of [section 743.07(2) ] they are not entitled to support after their eighteenth birthday . . . to graduate high school, or for the application of such a concept in the interpretation of section 743.07 . . . The language of the order reflects an incorrect application of the plain language of section 743.07(2 . . .

BOOT, v. SAPP,, 714 So. 2d 579 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998)

. . . former wife, appeals an order denying a petition for modification of child support pursuant to section 743.07 . . . We construe the term “graduation” in section 743.07(2), Florida Statutes, liberally, especially under . . .

D. BROWN, v. E. BROWN,, 714 So. 2d 475 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998)

. . . Section 743.07(2) merely reaffirms a dependent adult child’s right to such support. . . . Section 743.07(2),. cited in the majority opinion and relied on by the trial court, does not contain . . . Specifically section 743.07(1), which became effective on July 1, 1973 and which is relevant to “in limbo . . . Florida Statutes § 743.07(2) and (3) applies in the instant case. 4. . . . See § 743.07(2), Fla. Stat; Perla v. Perla, 58 So.2d 689 (Fla.1952); Fincham v. . . .

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, C. HALL, v. HALL,, 699 So. 2d 1036 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

. . . unless the parent agrees to do so in a binding contract or unless one of the exceptions in section 743.07 . . . HARRIS, J., dissents with opinion. . 743.07 Rights, privileges, and obligations of persons 18 years of . . . school, performing in good faith with a reasonable expectation of graduation before the age of 19. § 743.07 . . . Without explanation, Hammond ignored the mandate of the legislature contained in section 743.07(1), Florida . . . understanding that a petition to modify may be filed should it subsequently appear that one of the section 743.07 . . .

M. FORD, v. FORD,, 700 So. 2d 191 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

. . . the former wife to pay child support until the child reached the age of nineteen pursuant to section 743.07 . . . obligation to pay child support would continue until the child reached the age of 18, or pursuant to section 743.07 . . . provision be considered on remand, we note the subject provision accurately tracks the language of section 743.07 . . .

KRAMER, v. L. KRAMER,, 698 So. 2d 894 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

. . . See § 743.07(1), Fla. Stat. (1995). . . .

MURGOLO, Sr. v. FRANKART,, 695 So. 2d 881 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

. . . Under section 743.07(2), Florida Statutes (1995), child support may not be extended beyond the date of . . .

DRAKE, v. DRAKE, k n a, 686 So. 2d 753 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

. . . child has a reasonable expectation of graduating from high school before her 19th birthday, section 743.07 . . . The husband moved for rehearing, arguing that the language of section 743.07(2) precludes such a provision . . . In section 743.07(2) the legislature established certain limited exceptions to the general rule that . . . been made here that the parties’ child is either mentally or physically incapacitated, for section 743.07 . . .

RATCLIFF, v. B. RATCLIFF,, 679 So. 2d 1279 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

. . . The Hunter court acknowledged that section 743.07(2), Florida Statutes, authorizes an award of child . . . Id.; see, § 743.07(1), Fla. Stat. (1995). . . . had no evidentiary basis to extend the duration of child support beyond age 18 pursuant to section 743.07 . . . As the Hunter court observed, however, in the event one of the exceptions in section 743.07(2) subsequently . . . As the Goodwin court noted, the child support provision in Goodwin complied with section 743.07(2), unlike . . .

STATE v. GRIFFITH,, 675 So. 2d 911 (Fla. 1996)

. . . Section 39.02(4) states: Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 743.07, when the jurisdiction of any child . . .

IRWIN, Sr. v. PERRYMAN, a k a, 666 So. 2d 959 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

. . . This provision violates section 743.07(2), Florida Statutes (1993). . . . Section 743.07(2), Florida Statutes (1993), provides: This section shall not prohibit any court of competent . . .

S. ZOLONZ, v. ZOLONZ,, 659 So. 2d 451 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

. . . who owes duty of support to a child to pay support in accordance with guidelines in § 61.30); and § 743.07 . . . Grapin, 450 So.2d 853 (Fla.1984); § 743.07(2), Fla.Stat. (1993). . . .

GRIFFITH, v. STATE, 654 So. 2d 936 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

. . . . * * * “(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 743.07, when the jurisdiction of any child who is alleged . . . That statute states: “Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 743.07, when the jurisdiction of any child . . . Section 743.07, then and now, provides that the disability of nonage is removed for persons 18 years . . .

GOODWIN, v. GOODWIN,, 640 So. 2d 173 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

. . . In my opinion, the husband’s point that the decree does not conform to section 743.07(2), Florida Statutes . . . Section 743.07(2) provides that a court of competent jurisdiction is not prohibited from requiring support . . . to the former husband, the provision at issue in the amended final judgment is contrary to section 743.07 . . .

MILLER, v. SMART, Jr., 636 So. 2d 836 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

. . . The issue on this appeal concerns the correct interpretation of section 743.07(2), Florida Statutes ( . . . The former wife contends, and we agree, that section 743.07(2) creates two separate situations upon which . . .

D. MOYER, v. MOYER,, 636 So. 2d 125 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

. . . for Marina during her final or senior year in high school, pursuant to the recently amended section 743.07 . . . retrospectively, and shall not affect the rights and obligations existing pri- or to July 1, 1973. § 743.07 . . .

PARISER, v. S. PARISER,, 636 So. 2d 741 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

. . . See § 743.07, Fla.Stat. (1993); Perla v. Perla, 58 So.2d 689, 690 (Fla.1952); Privett v. . . .

In K. HUNTER, v. H. HUNTER,, 626 So. 2d 1069 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

. . . We presume that the child support provision was included because of section 743.07(2), Florida Statutes . . . understanding that a petition to modify may be filed should it subsequently appear that one of the section 743.07 . . .

D. BOOTH v. J. BOOTH,, 625 So. 2d 114 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

. . . Although section 743.07(2), Florida Statutes (1991), allows a trial court to order support to be paid . . . FRANK, C.J., and DANAHY, J., concur. . 743.07 Rights, privileges, and obligations of persons 18 years . . .

M. CARBONELL, v. CARBONELL,, 618 So. 2d 326 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

. . . See § 743.07, Fla.Stat. (1991). . . .

C. WALWORTH, v. S. KLAUDER, f k a, 615 So. 2d 219 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

. . . Walworth argues the order exceeds the limits of section 743.07(2), Florida Statutes (1991). . . . Section 743.07(2) was revised in 1991, effective October, 1991, after this petition for modification . . . (emphasis supplied) Florida cases construing section 743.07(2) prior to the 1991 revision generally require . . . We conclude that the 1991 revision to section 743.07(2) should be applied to this case rather than prior . . . we certify to the supreme court the following as a question of great public importance: DOES SECTION 743.07 . . .

B. HARPER, v. E. HARPER,, 608 So. 2d 517 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

. . . Harper appeals an order terminating her adult daughter’s status as a dependent child under section 743.07 . . . dependent “because of a mental or physical incapacity which began prior to [her] reaching majority,” § 743.07 . . . term “incapacity,” but it seems clear that a broader definition is intended for that term in section 743.07 . . .

K. MONITZER, v. W. MONITZER,, 600 So. 2d 575 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

. . . court determination that her adult daughter is not a dependent person under the provisions of section 743.07 . . . establishes that the parties’ daughter meets the requirements for continued support pursuant to section 743.07 . . .

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT, v. HOLLAND,, 602 So. 2d 652 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

. . . See § 743.07, Fla.Stat. (1991). . Fla.R.App.P. 9.030(a)(2)(A)(iv). . See, e.g., Stokes v. . . .

C. McCAULEY, v. J. McCAULEY,, 599 So. 2d 1002 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

. . . .” § 743.07(2), Fla.Stat. (1989). . . . We note that in 1991 the legislature amended section 743.07(2) by deleting reference to crippled children . . . school, performing in good faith with a reasonable expectation of graduation before the age of 19." § 743.07 . . .

E. J. a v. STATE, 595 So. 2d 282 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

. . . of imprisonment which an adult may serve for the same offense_ Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 743.07 . . . Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 743.07 and subsection (b), and except as provided in s. 39.058, . . .

B. HIATT C. v. UNITED STATES P. P. TSIOTIS, v. UNITED STATES, 910 F.2d 737 (11th Cir. 1990)

. . . . § 743.07(1), eighteen is recognized as the age of majority. . . .

PITTS, v. J. PITTS,, 566 So. 2d 12 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

. . . The governing statutory provision in this matter, section 743.07(2), Florida Statutes, was amended October . . .

ZAKARIN, v. ZAKARIN,, 565 So. 2d 790 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

. . . See § 743.07, Fla. Stat. (1989); Hoffman v. . . .

H. PENTON, v. PENTON,, 564 So. 2d 1114 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

. . . However, section 743.07(2), Florida Statutes, was amended, effective October 1, 1988, to read: “This . . . condition constituted a dependency, in addition to his economic incapacity, which suffices under section 743.07 . . .

SPURLOCK, v. SPURLOCK,, 552 So. 2d 326 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)

. . . Nonetheless, section 743.07(2) as amended was not argued before the trial court even though the hearing . . .

A. BOCCHINO, Jr. v. BRANER,, 546 So. 2d 1121 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)

. . . . § 743.07, Fla.Stat. (1973). . . . Section 743.07 operates prospectively, not retrospectively, and will not affect any rights and obligations . . .

H. LEAIRD, v. LEAIRD,, 540 So. 2d 243 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)

. . . twenty-one, apparently because the final judgment of dissolution predated the enactment of section 743.07 . . .

PRIVETT, Jr. v. PRIVETT,, 535 So. 2d 663 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

. . . support ends upon a child’s reaching his or her majority, unless he is dependent as provided in section 743.07 . . .

A. SPRUNGER, v. F. SPRUNGER,, 534 So. 2d 925 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

. . . See also section 743.07(2), Florida Statutes (specifically authorizes courts to order parental support . . . It has been well established in case law since the passage of section 743.07(2), Florida Statutes, that . . .

In EARNHARDT, v. W. EARNHARDT,, 533 So. 2d 328 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

. . . addition, the court found that both girls are economically dependent within the meaning of section 743.07 . . .

LeCROY, v. STATE, 533 So. 2d 750 (Fla. 1988)

. . . dispose of property by will, § 732.501, Fla.Stat. (1987), enter into a contract, compare § 743.01 with § 743.07 . . . Compare § 743.01 with § 743.07, Fla.Stat. (1987). . . .

IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF PORTA, 25 Fla. Supp. 2d 81 (Fla. Cir. Ct. 1987)

. . . The age of majority was reduced to 18 years on July 1, 1973, Section 743.07, Fla. Stat. (1973). . . .

SAM BLOOM PLUMBING COMPANY v. BOYKIN,, 513 So. 2d 193 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

. . . As Section 743.07, Florida Statutes, provides that a person ceases to be a “minor” at the age of 18, . . .

F. CARTER, v. CARTER,, 511 So. 2d 404 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

. . . to determine whether Wade was a dependent person entitled to support within the meaning of section 743.07 . . . Keenan, 440 So.2d 642 (Fla. 5th DCA 1983) (en banc). 2 Section 743.07 Fla.Stat. (1983), states: 743.07 . . . I believe the legislature understood that reality in enacting section 743.07(2), Florida Statutes (1985 . . . convincing rationale in Evans, coupled with a realistic interpretation of the legislative intent in section 743.07 . . . child is still attending high school does not make that child dependent within the meaning of section 743.07 . . . does not transform an otherwise ineligible adult child into a dependent as contemplated by section 743.07 . . .

In K. W. G. a v. STATE, 510 So. 2d 1050 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

. . . Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 743.07, no child shall be held under a commitment from a court pursuant . . .