Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

...The trial court held the marriage to be void and granted annulment. Neither party has cited any controlling precedent from this State. Appellee relies upon Section 741.08, Florida Statutes (1974), which provides as follows: 741.08 Marriage not to be solemnized without a license. Before any of the persons named in § 741.07 shall solemnize any marriage, he shall require of the parties a marriage license issued according to the requirements of § 741.01, and within 10 days after solemnizing the marriage he shall make a certificate thereof on the license, and sh...

...See § 741.01, Fla. Stat. (2002). After issuance, a license is valid for 60 days within which time the marriage must be solemnized. See § 741.041, Fla. Stat. (2002). Marriage may be solemnized by ordained clergy, judges, clerks of court, or notaries public. See § 741.07, Fla....

...se is lost or when death or other cause prevents a certificate from being made. See § 741.10, Fla. Stat. (2002). Section 741.08, Florida Statutes (2002), provides: 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 according to the requirements of s....

...oncerning marriage licenses. To be sure, the Florida Statutes contain a section entitled "Marriage not to be solemnized without a license." § 741.08, Fla. Stat. (2002). Nevertheless, the text of that statute applies solely to a person authorized by section 741.07, Florida Statutes (2002), to solemnize the marriage....

...Charles Vocelle Judge of Compensation Claims District "F" QUESTION: As a judge of compensation claims, are you authorized to solemnize the matrimonial contract? SUMMARY: A judge of compensation claims is not a judicial officer within the meaning of s. 741.07 , F.S., and, therefore, may not solemnize a matrimonial contract. Section 741.07 (1), F.S., provides in part: All regularly ordained ministers of the gospel or elders in communion with some church, or other ordained clergy, and all judicial officers , clerks of the circuit courts and notaries public of this state may solemnize the rights of matrimonial contract, under the regulations prescribed by law. . . . (e.s.) Your inquiry concerns whether a judge of compensation claims constitutes a "judicial officer" for purposes of s. 741.07 (1), F.S....

...quasi-judicial power in matters connected with the functions of their offices. . . . In AGO 72-262, this office considered the predecessor to s. 1, Art. V, State Const., in concluding that a state attorney was not a judicial officer for purposes of s. 741.07 , F.S....

...dges of compensation claims would not appear to be "judicial officers" but rather administrative officers granted quasi-judicial powers. Accordingly, I am of the opinion that judges of compensation claims are not "judicial officers" authorized under s. 741.07 , F.S., to solemnize the marriage ceremony....

exercise, except the power to appoint a deputy. Section 741.07(1), F.S., provides: All regularly ordained

substantially the following question: Does section 741.07(1), Florida Statutes, authorize a minister