Florida Statute 771.04 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLV
TORTS

Chapter 771
ACTIONS FOR ALIENATION OF AFFECTIONS, CRIMINAL CONVERSATION, SEDUCTION, OR BREACH OF CONTRACT TO MARRY

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F.S. 771.04

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.

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Liappas v. Augoustis

47 So. 2d 582, 1950 Fla. LEXIS 1046

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jul 18, 1950 | Docket: 1384517

Cited 31 times | Published

contract to marry are hereby abolished." In Section 771.04 it is provided that "No act hereafter done

Tremblay v. Carter

390 So. 2d 816

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 3, 1980 | Docket: 1689323

Cited 20 times | Published

cannot sue upon a breach of promise to marry. § 771.04, Fla. Stat. (1979). It would be an anomaly to

Hoffman v. Boyd

698 So. 2d 346, 1997 WL 471845

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 20, 1997 | Docket: 1524252

Cited 4 times | Published

of contract to marry are hereby abolished. Section 771.04 solely addresses contracts to marry: No contract

Wright v. Wright

509 So. 2d 329, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 1285

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 19, 1987 | Docket: 1362272

Cited 2 times | Published

Duttenhofer court purported to reason by analogy from section 771.04, Florida Statutes (1983), which abolished a

Duttenhofer v. Duttenhofer

474 So. 2d 251, 10 Fla. L. Weekly 1374

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 4, 1985 | Docket: 1487565

Cited 2 times | Published

parties.[5] Florida's "heart balm" legislation, see § 771.04, Fla. Stat. (1983),[6] which abolished, inter