Florida Statutes Title XLIII Chapter 741 - Marriage; Domestic Violence

• 741.01 - County Court Judge Or Clerk Of The Circuit Court To Issue Marriage License; Fee.
  (1) Every marriage license shall be issued by a county court judge or clerk of the circuit court under his or her hand and seal. The...
• 741.011 - Installment Payments.
  An applicant for a marriage license who is unable to pay the fees required under s. 741.01 in a lump sum may make payment in...
• 741.02 - Additional Fee.
  Upon the receipt of each application for the issuance of a marriage license, the county court judge or clerk of the circuit court shall, in...
• 741.03 - County Court Judge Or Clerk Of The Circuit Court Not To Send Out Marriage License Signed In Blank.
  It is unlawful for any county court judge or clerk of the circuit court in the state to send out of his or her office...
• 741.0305 - Marriage Fee Reduction For Completion Of Premarital Preparation Course.
  (1) A man and a woman who intend to apply for a marriage license under s. 741.04 may, together or separately, complete a premarital preparation course...
• 741.0306 - Creation Of A Family Law Handbook.
  (1) Based upon their willingness to undertake this project, there shall be created by the Family Law Section of The Florida Bar a handbook explaining those...
• 741.04 - Marriage License Issued.
  (1) No county court judge or clerk of the circuit court in this state shall issue a license for the marriage of any person unless there...
• 741.0405 - When Marriage License May Be Issued To Persons Under 18 Years.
  (1) If either of the parties shall be under the age of 18 years but at least 16 years of age, the county court judge or...
• 741.041 - Marriage License Application Valid For 60 Days.
  Marriage licenses shall be valid only for a period of 60 days after issuance, and no person shall perform any ceremony of marriage after the...
• 741.05 - Penalty For Violation Of Ss. 741.03, 741.04(1).
  Any county court judge, clerk of the circuit court, or other person who shall violate any provision of ss. 741.03 and 741.04(1) shall be guilty...
• 741.07 - Persons Authorized To Solemnize Matrimony.
  (1) All regularly ordained ministers of the gospel or elders in communion with some church, or other ordained clergy, and all judicial officers, including retired judicial...
• 741.08 - Marriage Not To Be Solemnized Without A License.
  Before any of the persons named in s. 741.07 shall solemnize any marriage, he or she shall require of the parties a marriage license issued...
• 741.09 - Record Of License And Certificate.
  The county court judge and clerk of the circuit court shall keep a correct record of all marriage licenses issued, with the names of the...
• 741.10 - Proof Of Marriage Where No Certificate Available.
  When any marriage is or has been solemnized by any of the persons named in s. 741.07, and such person has not made a certificate...
• 741.21 - Incestuous Marriages Prohibited.
  A man may not marry any woman to whom he is related by lineal consanguinity, nor his sister, nor his aunt, nor his niece. A...
• 741.211 - Common-law Marriages Void.
  No common-law marriage entered into after January 1, 1968, shall be valid, except that nothing contained in this section shall affect any marriage which, though...
• 741.212 - Marriages Between Persons Of The Same Sex.
  (1) Marriages between persons of the same sex entered into in any jurisdiction, whether within or outside the State of Florida, the United States, or any...
• 741.23 - Husband Not Liable For Wife’s Torts.
  The common-law rule whereby a husband is liable for the torts of his wife is hereby abrogated.History.—s. 1, ch. 26829, 1951.
• 741.235 - Doctrine Of Interspousal Tort Immunity Abrogated.
  The common-law doctrine of interspousal tort immunity is hereby abrogated with regard to the intentional tort of battery, and the ability of a person to...
• 741.24 - Civil Action Against Parents; Willful Destruction Or Theft Of Property By Minor.
  (1) Any municipal corporation, county, school district, or department of Florida; any person, partnership, corporation, or association; or any religious organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated, shall...
• 741.28 - Domestic Violence; Definitions.
  As used in ss. 741.28-741.31:(1) “Department” means the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.(2) “Domestic violence” means any assault, aggravated assault, battery, aggravated battery, sexual assault, sexual battery,...
• 741.281 - Court To Order Batterers’ Intervention Program Attendance.
  If a person is found guilty of, has adjudication withheld on, or pleads nolo contendere to a crime of domestic violence, as defined in s....
• 741.283 - Minimum Term Of Imprisonment For Domestic Violence.
  If a person is adjudicated guilty of a crime of domestic violence, as defined in s. 741.28, and the person has intentionally caused bodily harm...
• 741.29 - Domestic Violence; Investigation Of Incidents; Notice To Victims Of Legal Rights And Remedies; Reporting.
  (1) Any law enforcement officer who investigates an alleged incident of domestic violence shall assist the victim to obtain medical treatment if such is required as...
• 741.2901 - Domestic Violence Cases; Prosecutors; Legislative Intent; Investigation; Duty Of Circuits; First Appearance.
  (1) Each state attorney shall develop special units or assign prosecutors to specialize in the prosecution of domestic violence cases, but such specialization need not be...
• 741.2902 - Domestic Violence; Legislative Intent With Respect To Judiciary’s Role.
  (1) It is the intent of the Legislature, with respect to domestic violence cases, that at the first appearance the court shall consider the safety of...
• 741.30 - Domestic Violence; Injunction; Powers And Duties Of Court And Clerk; Petition; Notice And Hearing; Temporary Injunction; Issuance Of Injunction; Statewide Verification System; Enforcement; Public Records Exemption.
  (1) There is created a cause of action for an injunction for protection against domestic violence.(a) Any person described in paragraph (e), who is either the victim...
• 741.31 - Violation Of An Injunction For Protection Against Domestic Violence.
  (1) In the event of a violation of the injunction for protection against domestic violence when there has not been an arrest, the petitioner may contact...
• 741.313 - Unlawful Action Against Employees Seeking Protection.
  (1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Domestic violence” means domestic violence, as defined in s. 741.28, or any crime the underlying factual basis of which...
• 741.315 - Recognition Of Foreign Protection Orders.
  (1) As used in this section, the term “court of a foreign state” means a court of competent jurisdiction of a state of the United States,...
• 741.316 - Domestic Violence Fatality Review Teams; Definition; Membership; Duties.
  (1) As used in this section, the term “domestic violence fatality review team” means an organization that includes, but is not limited to, representatives from the...
• 741.3165 - Certain Information Exempt From Disclosure.
  (1)(a) Any information that is confidential or exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution and that is obtained by a...
• 741.32 - Batterers’ Intervention Programs.
  The Legislature finds that the incidence of domestic violence in this state is disturbingly high and that, despite the efforts of many to curb this...
• 741.325 - Requirements For Batterers’ Intervention Programs.
  (1) A batterers’ intervention program must meet the following requirements:(a)  The primary purpose of the program shall be victim safety and the safety of children, if...
• 741.401 - Legislative Findings; Purpose.
  The Legislature finds that persons attempting to escape from actual or threatened domestic violence frequently establish new addresses in order to prevent their assailants or...
• 741.402 - Definitions; Ss. 741.401-741.409.
  Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, as used in ss. 741.401-741.409, the term:(1) “Address” means a residential street address, school address, or work address of an...
• 741.403 - Address Confidentiality Program; Application; Certification.
  (1) An adult person, a parent or guardian acting on behalf of a minor, or a guardian acting on behalf of a person adjudicated incapacitated under...
• 741.404 - Certification Cancellation.
  (1) If the program participant obtains a name change, he or she loses certification as a program participant.(2) The Attorney General may cancel a program participant’s certification...
• 741.405 - Agency Use Of Designated Address.
  (1) A program participant may request that state and local agencies or other governmental entities use the address designated by the Attorney General as his or...
• 741.406 - Voting By Program Participant; Use Of Designated Address By Supervisor Of Elections.
  A program participant who is otherwise qualified to vote may request an absentee ballot pursuant to s. 101.62. The program participant shall automatically receive absentee...
• 741.408 - Assistance For Program Applicants.
  The Attorney General shall designate state and local agencies and nonprofit agencies that provide counseling and shelter services to victims of domestic violence to assist...
• 741.409 - Adoption Of Rules.
  The Attorney General may adopt rules to facilitate the administration of this chapter by state and local agencies and other governmental entities.History.—s. 9, ch. 98-404.
• 741.465 - Public Records Exemption For The Address Confidentiality Program For Victims Of Domestic Violence.
  (1) The addresses, corresponding telephone numbers, and social security numbers of program participants in the Address Confidentiality Program for Victims of Domestic Violence held by the...
• 741.4651 - Public Records Exemption; Victims Of Stalking Or Aggravated Stalking.
  The names, addresses, and telephone numbers of persons who are victims of stalking or aggravated stalking are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art....

Last modified: September 23, 2016