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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)
61.021 - Residence requirements.
FL Stat § 61.021 (2014) What's This?
61.021 Residence requirements.—To obtain a dissolution of marriage, one of the parties to the marriage must reside 6 months in the state before the filing of the petition.
History.—s. 1, ch. 522, 1853; RS 1478; s. 1, ch. 4726, 1899; GS 1926; RGS 3189; CGL 4981; s. 1, ch. 16009, 1933; s. 1, ch. 16975, 1935; s. 1, ch. 57-44; s. 1, ch. 57-1974; s. 16, ch. 67-254; s. 3, ch. 71-241; s. 112, ch. 86-220.
Note.—Former s. 65.02.
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