FLORIDA
DOMA
Statutes & Constitution
The 2013 Florida Statutes
Exact Legislation
Title XLIII DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 741 Marriage; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
741.212 Marriages between persons of the same sex.—
(1) Marriages between persons of the same sex entered into in any jurisdiction, whether within or outside the State of Florida, the United States, or any other jurisdiction, either domestic or foreign, or any other place or location, or relationships between persons of the same sex which are treated as marriages in any jurisdiction, whether within or outside the State of Florida, the United States, or any other jurisdiction, either domestic or foreign, or any other place or location, are not recognized for any purpose in this state.
(2) The state, its agencies, and its political subdivisions may not give effect to any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any state, territory, possession, or tribe of the United States or of any other jurisdiction, either domestic or foreign, or any other place or location respecting either a marriage or relationship not recognized under subsection (1) or a claim arising from such a marriage or relationship.
(3) For purposes of interpreting any state statute or rule, the term “marriage” means only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife, and the term “spouse” applies only to a member of such a union.
History.—s. 1, ch. 97-268.
The 2013 Florida Statutes
Translation
Title XLIII DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 741 Marriage; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
741.212 Marriages between persons of the same sex.—
(1) Florida will not recognize any marriage between a same sex couple, nor any relationship between a same sex couple which is treated as a marriage. It does not matter whether such marriage or relationship is accepted anywhere in the world.
(2) Florida will not enforce or respect any law, record or court proceeding from anywhere in the world that accepts any marriage between a same sex couple, or relationship between a same sex couple which is treated as a marriage.
(3) "Marriage" can only mean a legal union between one man and one woman, and "spouse" can only mean a man or a woman in such a legal union, when applying Florida law.