Florida Marriage Laws | § Fla. Const. art. I, § 27.

The Constitution of the State of Florida Fla. Const. art. I, § 27.

Marriage defined.

Inasmuch as marriage is the legal union of only one man and one woman as husband and wife, no other legal union that is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent thereof shall be valid or recognized.

Proposed by Initiative Petition filed with the Secretary of State February 9, 2005; adopted 2008

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§ Fla. Const. art. I, § 27. Marriage defined.
§ 741.02 Additional fee.
§ 741.0306 Creation of a family law handbook.
§ 741.04 Issuance of marriage license.
§ 741.041 Marriage license application valid for 60 days.
§ 741.05 Penalty for violation of s. 741.03 or s. 741.04(2).
§ 741.08 Marriage not to be solemnized without a license.
§ 741.09 Record of license and certificate.
§ 741.21 Incestuous marriages prohibited.
§ 741.211 Common-law marriages void.
§ 741.212 Marriages between persons of the same sex.
§ 741.01 County court judge or clerk of the circuit court to issue marriage license; fee.
§ 741.011 Installment payments.
§ 741.03 County court judge or clerk of the circuit court not to send out marriage license signed in blank.
§ 741.0305 Marriage fee reduction for completion of premarital preparation course.
§ 741.07 Persons authorized to solemnize matrimony.
§ 741.10 Proof of marriage where no certificate available.