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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 61
DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE; SUPPORT; TIME-SHARING
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61.10 Adjudication of obligation to support spouse or minor child unconnected with dissolution; parenting plan.Except when relief is afforded by some other pending civil action or proceeding, a spouse residing in this state apart from his or her spouse and minor child, whether or not such separation is through his or her fault, may obtain an adjudication of obligation to maintain the spouse and minor child, if any. The court shall adjudicate his or her financial obligations to the spouse and child and shall establish the parenting plan for the parties. Such an action does not preclude either party from maintaining any other proceeding under this chapter for other or additional relief at any time.
History.s. 1, ch. 61-112; s. 16, ch. 67-254; s. 12, ch. 71-241; s. 117, ch. 86-220; s. 321, ch. 95-147; s. 5, ch. 2008-61.
Note.Former s. 65.101.

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Cases Citing Statute 61.10

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In Re Fam. Law Rules of Procedure, 663 So. 2d 1049 (Fla. 1995).

Cited 15 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 20 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 581, 1995 Fla. LEXIS 1953, 1995 WL 689537

...hether or not the separation is that person's fault), to pay support for them. When the court orders support unconnected with dissolution, it will establish the child(ren)'s primary residency and the custody and visitation rights of the parents. See section 61.10, Florida Statutes for more information about receiving support unconnected with dissolution of marriage, Appendix 2, for information about child custody and visitation, and Appendix 3, for information about child support....
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Graham v. Graham, 648 So. 2d 814 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995).

Cited 10 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1995 WL 1643

...g spousal support was pending in the Sumter County action. At the same time, prior to transferring the action, the court found that it did possess jurisdiction to award temporary child support based on the wife's Broward County residence pursuant to section 61.10, Florida Statutes (1993)....
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Dorrity v. Dorrity, 695 So. 2d 411 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1997 WL 253026

...Appellee refused to allow appellant visitation with the child or to disclose the whereabouts of the child's caretaker. He drove her to the airport, bought her a ticket and placed her on a direct flight to Germany. On July 18th, appellee filed a petition for custody pursuant to section 61.10, Florida Statutes (1995) and requested an emergency ex parte order for temporary custody of the minor child alleging abuse of the child by appellant....
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Beers v. Pub. Health Trust of Dade Cnty., 468 So. 2d 995 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 10 Fla. L. Weekly 715, 1985 Fla. App. LEXIS 14029

...and may not merely "cast off his or her responsibility to third persons for obligations incurred by the other spouse for items which are of the character of the family expenses." St. Luke's Medical Center v. Rosengartner, 231 N.W.2d 601 (Iowa 1975). Section 61.10, Florida Statutes, permits a spouse to present the issue to a court....
...Even if an abandonment had occurred, however, the husband failed to take the measures provided by law for relief from his legal obligations. The Florida legislature has provided legal avenues for an abandoned spouse to obtain a judicial determination altering his or her financial obligations. For example, section 61.10, Florida Statutes (1983) provides: Adjudication of obligation to support spouse or minor children unconnected with dissolution; child custody and visitation....
...Public Health Trust, 374 So.2d 476, 478 (Fla. 1979) (section 708.10, Florida Statutes (1977) "does not create a duty on the part of the husband to support his wife"), cert. denied, 444 U.S. 1062, 100 S.Ct. 1003, 62 L.Ed.2d 745 (1980). Likewise, the majority's reliance on section 61.10, Florida Statutes (1983), is misplaced....
...(See the affidavits of Virginia Santaniello and Lolan Beers.) Of course, whether an actual abandonment does exist here would be a question of fact to be established by the evidence. [2] The majority indicates that Beers could have raised abandonment as a legitimate basis to avoid liability in a petition filed pursuant to section 61.10, Florida Statutes (1983)....
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Feldhusen v. Feldhusen, 214 So. 2d 772 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1968).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1968 Fla. App. LEXIS 5049

the same rights as the husband is afforded under § 61.10, Fla.Stat.1967, F. S.A., whereby the husband may
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Babb v. Begines, 701 So. 2d 616 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1997 Fla. App. LEXIS 12291, 1997 WL 683291

marriage, support and custody of children. Under section 61.10, Florida Statutes (1995), a trial court may
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Andrew Boukzam v. Jossi Jugo (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2020).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

merely subject to a separation order under section 61.10,” the court concluded that it had “no need to
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Pate v. Pate, 777 So. 2d 468 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 2074, 2001 WL 197927

unconnected with a dissolution of the marriage. See § 61.10, Fla. Stat. (1999). The petition alleged, among
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Rosen v. Rosen, 306 So. 2d 546 (Fla. 1st DCA 1974).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1974 Fla. App. LEXIS 7343

corpus. The appellee-wife contends that under § 61.10, Fla.Stat., she may obtain an adjudication of the
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Dover v. Dover, 241 So. 2d 740 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1970).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1970 Fla. App. LEXIS 5494

defendant-wife in an action brought by her husband under Section 61.10, Florida Statutes, F.S.A. We reverse. Plaintiff-husband
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Florida Dep't of Health & Rehabilitative Servs. ex rel. Branscomb v. Branscomb, 597 So. 2d 922 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1992 Fla. App. LEXIS 4512, 1992 WL 81080

of marriage. This petition was authorized by section 61.10, Florida Statutes (1989). On December 12, 1990

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