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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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61.19 Entry of judgment of dissolution of marriage, delay period.No final judgment of dissolution of marriage may be entered until at least 20 days have elapsed from the date of filing the original petition for dissolution of marriage; but the court, on a showing that injustice would result from this delay, may enter a final judgment of dissolution of marriage at an earlier date.
History.s. 1, ch. 57-258; s. 1, ch. 59-64; s. 1, ch. 61-123; s. 16, ch. 67-254; s. 20, ch. 71-241.
Note.Former s. 65.20.

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Cases Citing Statute 61.19

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In Re Amendments to Fla. Rules Civ. Proc., 604 So. 2d 1110 (Fla. 1992).

Cited 15 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1992 WL 163953

...ties are ordered to comply with it. *1213 ORDERED at _______________, Florida, on this _____ day of __________, 19__ ___________________________ CIRCUIT JUDGE Circuit Judge (NOTE: This final judgment is subject to the provisions of Fla. Stat. (1983) § 61.19 section 61.16, Florida Statutes (1983), which relates to a required 20-day waiting period.) Committee Notes 1980 Amendment....
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Lamb v. Leiter, 603 So. 2d 632 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992).

Cited 6 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1992 WL 184000

...GLICKSTEIN, C.J., and OWEN, WILLIAM C., Jr., Senior Judge, concur. NOTES [1] Her initial pleading was designated as a "petition". See fn. below. [2] We note that the final judgment was entered barely three days after the period of limitation set forth in section 61.19, Florida Statutes (1985)....
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Hall v. Air Force Fin. Ctr., Etc., 344 So. 2d 1340 (Fla. 1st DCA 1977).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

...[7] For example, § 65.05, pertaining to "Effect of decree of divorce upon children," was changed to "Effect of judgment of divorce on children." For similar changes compare § 65.08 to § 61.08; § 65.11 with § 61.11; § 65.15 with § 61.14 and § 65.20 with § 61.19.
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Florida Bar Re Amendment to Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, 450 So. 2d 817 (Fla. 1984).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1984 Fla. LEXIS 2913

...osure and is approved and incorporated in this judgment by reference, and the parties are ordered to comply with it. ORDERED at_, Florida, on this_day of_, 19_ CIRCUIT JUDGE (NOTE: This final judgment is subject to the provisions of Fla.Stat. (1983) § 61.19 which relates to a required 20-day waiting period.) BOYD, Justice, dissenting....
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United States v. Intercon Leasing, Inc., 617 F. Supp. 323 (S.D. Fla. 1985).

Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 1985 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18351

...The FAA seeks to impose some $33,000 in penalties for Harvey's failure to surrender his mechanics certificate for thirty-three days after it had been "immediately" revoked by the Emergency Order of Revocation. (A civil penalty at the rate of $1,000.00 a day in violation of 14 C.F.R. § 61.19(f).) The Court finds that although under 49 U.S.C....
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Magaziner v. Magaziner, 434 So. 2d 10 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 19676

...the petition for dissolution. The motion was filed fifteen months after the entry of the judgment of dissolution. It is appellant’s contention that the judgment of dissolution was void and should be set aside because it was entered in violation of section 61.19, Florida Statutes (1979), which provides: “No final judgment of dissolution of marriage may be entered until at least 20 days have elapsed from the date of filing the original petition for dissolution of marriage, but the court, on a...
...” It is conceded that the judgment of dissolution was entered before the twenty days had run and that there was no showing in the record that injustice would result from the statutory 20-day delay. The court’s failure to follow this provision of section 61.19 does not, however, render the judgment void....
...for dissolution. The wife testified that she had freely and voluntarily entered into a property settlement agreement that was incorporated in the final judgment. We conclude that the failure of the court to follow the twenty day waiting provision of section 61.19, Florida Statutes, was merely error in the exercise of properly obtained jurisdiction, which error did not render the judgment of dissolution void....

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