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Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 47
VENUE
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47.081 Military, naval, or other service as residence.Any person in any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States, and the husband or the wife of any such person, if he or she is living within the borders of the state, shall be prima facie a resident of the state for the purpose of maintaining any action.
History.s. 1, ch. 21966, 1943; s. 3, ch. 67-254; s. 3, ch. 84-114.
Note.Former s. 46.12.

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Cases Citing Statute 47.081

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McCabe v. McCabe, 600 So. 2d 1181 (Fla. 5th DCA 1992).

Cited 9 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1992 WL 106958

...to divest the trial court of jurisdiction and remand this cause for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. Order VACATED; cause REMANDED. W. SHARP and GRIFFIN, JJ., concur. NOTES [1] See Eckel v. Eckel, 522 So.2d 1018 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988); § 47.081, Fla....
...Gelkop, 384 So.2d 195 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980); Palmer v. Palmer, 353 So.2d 1271 (Fla. 1st DCA 1978); Callaghan v. Callaghan, 337 So.2d 986 (Fla. 4th DCA 1976); Lahr v. Lahr, 337 So.2d 837 (Fla. 2nd DCA 1976). [4] We have also considered the provisions of section 47.081 of the Florida Statutes (1991)....
...f this state for maintaining an action if such person lives in Florida. This section only applies to the matter of maintaining an action and does not address obtaining personal jurisdiction over a person not living in Florida. If we were to construe section 47.081 as somehow conferring personal jurisdiction over the wife, then a substantial issue of whether Florida could constitutionally exercise jurisdiction over the wife would arise....
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Bowers v. Bowers, 287 So. 2d 722 (Fla. 1st DCA 1973).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

...or to the filing of her suit, she did not acquire a separate domicile from her husband until about six weeks prior to filing her petition, and therefore she did not have the required six months residency. The trial court took into consideration F.S. § 47.081, F.S.A., pertaining to maintenance of legal actions by members of the military or naval service, but found that physical presence in the State because of military orders must be accompanied by an intent to make such State his domicile or legal residence....
...that period to remain in Florida indefinitely. The fact that she may eventually leave Florida sometime after the dissolution proceeding does not operate to deny her access to Florida's courts before such departure. It should also be noted that F.S. § 47.081, F.S.A., states that any person in the service, and the husband or the wife of any such person, if living within the borders of the state, shall be prima facie a resident of the state for the purpose of maintaining any action....
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Amend. to Fla. Rules of Workers'comp., 664 So. 2d 945 (Fla. 1995).

Cited 4 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1995 WL 656744

...quired for filing the record. 1984 Amendment. 18(a)(1) Redundant language deleted. Earlier language in 18(a)(1) discusses what is to be included in the record. 18(f)(1) (New) Conforms Workers' Compensation to general appellate practice, implementing section 47.081(1), Florida Statutes....
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Florida Bar re Workers' Comp. Rules of Procedure, 460 So. 2d 898 (Fla. 1984).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 9 Fla. L. Weekly 497, 1984 Fla. LEXIS 3647

...ty Commissioner. Comment — 1984 Revision: 18(a)(1) Redundant language deleted. Earlier language in 18(a)(1) discusses what is to be included in the record. 18(f)(1) (New) Conforms workers’ compensation to general appellate practice, implementing section 47.081(1), Florida Statutes....
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Guar. Title & Trust Co. v. First Guar. Title & Escrow of Florida, Inc., 684 So. 2d 219 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 1996 Fla. App. LEXIS 12220, 1996 WL 667941

...LTDA., 651 So.2d 776 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995); Ricigliano v. Peat, Marwick, Main & Co., 585 So.2d 387 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991); Lightsey v. Williams, 526 So.2d 764 (Fla. 5th DCA 1988), and that the appointment of a receiver *220 in the action below was violative of section 47.081, Florida Statutes (1995) where the appellees’ property is located in more than one judicial circuit and their principal place of business is in Ft....
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Amendments to Florida Rules of Workers' Comp. Procedure, 603 So. 2d 425 (Fla. 1992).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 17 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 296, 1992 Fla. LEXIS 1054, 1992 WL 99236

...iling the record. 1984 Revision; Amendment. 18(a)(1) Redundant language deleted. Earlier language in 18(a)(1) discusses what is to be included in the record. 18(f)(1) (New) Conforms Workers’ Compensation to general appellate practice, implementing section 47.081(1), Florida Statutes....

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