2014 Florida Statutes
TITLE VI - CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 61 - DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE; SUPPORT; TIME-SHARING
Part I - GENERAL PROVISIONS (ss. 61.001-61.45)
61.001 - Purpose of chapter.


FL Stat § 61.001 (2014) What's This?

61.001 Purpose of chapter.—

(1) This chapter shall be liberally construed and applied.

(2) Its purposes are:

(a) To preserve the integrity of marriage and to safeguard meaningful family relationships;

(b) To promote the amicable settlement of disputes that arise between parties to a marriage; and

(c) To mitigate the potential harm to the spouses and their children caused by the process of legal dissolution of marriage.

History.—s. 1, ch. 71-241; s. 111, ch. 86-220.

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