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Florida residency requirement for divorce
Posted by Nydia Streets of Streets Law in Florida Divorce
What is the residency requirement for a Florida divorce? Under 61.021, Fla. Stat., one party to the marriage must have resided in Florida six months before the filing of the petition in order for a Florida court to have subject matter jurisdiction over the divorce. This was an issue in the case Golubstova v. Budaev, 3D25-0296 (Fla. 3d DCA February 18, 2026).
Posted by Nydia Streets of Streets Law in Florida Divorce
What does the six-month residency requirement for a Florida divorce mean? In order for a Florida court to have jurisdiction to enter a final judgment of divorce, one or both parties must have resided in Florida for at least the immediately preceding six months prior to the date of filing the petition for divorce. The definition of residency was in dispute in the case Lauterbach v. Lauterbach, 2D19-524 (Fla. 2d DCA April 15, 2020).
