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Removal of disabilities of married minors.§ 743.01

Chapter 743 · Disability of Nonage of Minors Removed · 2026 Florida Statutes

5 opinions cite § 743.01

  1. Brennan v. State 754 So. 2d 1 · SC90 · Florida Supreme Court 1999

    This opinion cites § 743.01 2 times, the section generally

    · cited by 28 in all courts

    …dog race, compare § 550.04 with § 551.03, Fla. Stat. (1987), dispose of property by will, § 732.501, Fla. Stat. (1987), enter into a contract, compare § 743.01 with § 743.07, Fla. Stat. (1987), or sue or be sued. Compare § 743.01 with § 743.07, Fla. Stat. (1987). Without parental consent a seventeen-year-old…

  2. LeCroy v. State 533 So. 2d 750 · SC69484 · Florida Supreme Court 1988

    This opinion cites § 743.01 2 times, the section generally

    · cited by 31 in all courts

    …dog race, compare § 550.04 with § 551.03, Fla. Stat. (1987), dispose of property by will, § 732.501, Fla. Stat. (1987), enter into a contract, compare § 743.01 with § 743.07, Fla. Stat. (1987), or sue or be sued. Compare § 743.01 with § 743.07, Fla. Stat. (1987). Without parental consent a seventeen-year-old…

  3. F.L.M. v. Department of Children & Families 912 So. 2d 1264 · 4D04-3163 · 4th DCA 2005

    Reversed This opinion cites § 743.01 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 14 in all courts

    Orphaned minor with no legal custodian was dependent, no Attorney General consent was needed, and the court must enter a nunc pro tunc dependency order.

    …however; it was the trial judge who raised the question. Florida law does allow for the self-executing "emancipation" of minor children who marry. See § 743.01, Fla. Stat. (2004) ("The disability of nonage of a minor who is married or has been married or subsequently becomes married ... is removed."). But there is…

  4. Buckner v. Family Services of Cent. Florida 876 So. 2d 1285 · 5D03-3217 · 5th DCA 2004

    Affirmed This opinion cites § 743.01 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 10 in all courts

    Dismissal affirmed of former foster parents' suit seeking adoption and visitation; they lacked standing as next friends and could not compel DCF's adoption consent.

    …or shall make such other order as it deems proper for the protection of the infant or incompetent person. See also Art. III, § 11(a)(17), Fla. Const.; §§ 743.01-.07, Fla. Stat. (1991) (recognizing the disability of nonage of minors). The necessity of a guardian ad litem or next friend, the alter ego of a guardian ad…

  5. Kingsley v. Kingsley 623 So. 2d 780 · 5D92-2430 · 5th DCA 1993

    This opinion cites § 743.01 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 64 in all courts

    …make such other order as it deems proper for the protection of the infant or incompetent person. [6] See also Art. III, § 11(a)(17), Fla. Const.; §§ 743.01-.07, Fla. Stat. (1991) (recognizing the disability of nonage of minors). The necessity of a guardian ad litem or next friend, the alter ego of a guardian ad…

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The disability of nonage of a minor who is married or has been married or subsequently becomes married, including one whose marriage is dissolved, or who is widowed, or widowered, is removed. The minor may assume the management of his or her estate, contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, and perform all acts that he or she could do if not a minor.

History. ss. 1, 2, ch. 7364, 1917; RGS 3962, 3963; s. 1, ch. 9286, 1923; CGL 5881, 5882, 5883; s. 1, ch. 22750, 1945; s. 1, ch. 71-147; s. 1, ch. 73-300; s. 1063, ch. 97-102.