Florida Statute 743.045 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLIII
DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Chapter 743
DISABILITY OF NONAGE OF MINORS REMOVED

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743.045 Removal of disabilities of minors; executing contracts for a residential lease.—For the sole purpose of ensuring that a youth in foster care will be able to execute a contract for the lease of residential property upon the youth’s 18th birthday, the disability of nonage of minors is removed for all youth who have reached 17 years of age, have been adjudicated dependent, and are in the legal custody of the Department of Children and Families through foster care or subsidized independent living. These youth are authorized to make and execute contracts, releases, and all other instruments necessary for the purpose of entering into a contract for the lease of residential property upon the youth’s 18th birthday. The contracts or other instruments made by the youth shall have the same effect as though they were the obligations of persons who were not minors. A youth seeking to enter into such lease contracts or execute other necessary instruments that are incidental to entering into a lease must present an order from a court of competent jurisdiction removing the disabilities of nonage of the minor under this section.

History.—s. 14, ch. 2006-194; s. 288, ch. 2014-19.

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In Re Amendments to Rules of Juv. Proc., 951 So. 2d 804 (Fla. 2007).

Cited 2 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 32 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 87, 2007 Fla. LEXIS 245, 2007 WL 415377

...urt to remove the disabilities of nonage of .....(name)....., for the purpose of entering into a residential leasehold and the court being fully advised in the premises FINDS as follows: .....(Name)..... is 17 years of age, meets the requirements of section 743.045, Florida Statutes, and is entitled to the benefits of that statute....