CopyPublished | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1978 Fla. App. LEXIS 15783
...The dissolution, granted “a vinculo matrimonii” from the bonds of matrimony, or absolutely, is subsequently limited by prohibiting remarriage. A limited divorce, “a mensa et thoro,” from bed and board, is still recognized in some states, but not in Florida. Florida Statute § 61.031 provides: “No divorce is from bed and board, but is from bonds of matrimony.” The court is without authority under Florida law to limit the right of the parties to remarry, Mirras v....
CopyPublished | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 6051, 2015 WL 1874457
...l courts: "[a] proceeding for
dissolution of marriage or a proceeding under s.
61.09 shall be commenced by filing in
the circuit court a petition . . . ." Filing a petition for dissolution is the sole means in
Florida for obtaining a divorce. See §
61.031 ("No dissolution of marriage is from bed
and board, but is from bonds of matrimony.")....
