771.04

No act done in state to give cause of action.

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771.04 No act done in state to give cause of action.No act hereafter done within this state shall operate to give rise, either within or without this state, to any of the rights of action abolished by this law. No contract to marry hereafter made or entered into in this state shall operate to give rise, either within or without this state, to any cause or right of action for the breach thereof.
History.s. 4, ch. 23138, 1945.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1950–1997 · leading case: Tremblay v. Carter
Tremblay v. Carter (1980) fladistctapp · cites it 2× “§ 771.04, Fla. Stat. (1979). It would be an anomaly to permit a person to recover for the loss of consortium from a third party tortfeasor and yet deny that same person recovery *818 from his betrothed upon the failure to carry out the promise of marriage.”
Duttenhofer v. Duttenhofer (1985) fladistctapp · cites it 7× “[5] Florida's "heart balm" legislation, see § 771.04, Fla. Stat. (1983), [6] which abolished, inter alia, the cause of action for breach of promise to marry, [7] lends further support *255 for precluding the trial court from considering the appellant's forfeited Delta pension in…”
Wright v. Wright (1987) fladistctapp · cites it 3× “[3] In concluding that the statutory power of a trial court to consider "any other factor necessary to do equity and justice between the parties" was not intended to encompass consideration of premarital sacrifices, the Duttenhofer court purported to reason by analogy from…”
Sharon Wildey v. Richard A. Springs, Cross-Appellee (1995) ca7 “” Fla. StatAnn. § 771.04 (1986). Illinois, too, out *1480 lawed the common law cause of action.”
Liappas v. Augoustis (1950) fla “" In Section 771.04 it is provided that "No act hereafter done within this state shall operate to give rise, either within or without this state, to any of the rights of action abolished by this law.”
Hoffman v. Boyd (1997) fladistctapp “Section 771.04 solely addresses contracts to marry: No contract to marry hereafter made or entered into in this state shall operate to give rise, either within or without this state, to any cause or right of action for the breach thereof.”
Wildey v. Springs (1994) ilnd · cites it 2× “Fla.Stat.Ann. § 771.04. 5 The *1264 Florida statute is unequivocal and covers suits brought “either within or without” the state of Florida.”
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