Property During A Divorce in Florida – How Do You Handle It?

What happens to real estate or property that you jointly own when you get a divorce in Florida?  How does the Court handle your property when you and your spouse can’t agree on what to do?  How can it be distributed between you and your spouse?  In divorces, the court will partition your property absent an agreement as to the contrary.  Partition means simply “to divide into parts.” The Court cannot order partition of your property without it being alleged in your dissolution of marriage petition.  Florida courts have long held that a judge may partition the jointly-owned property of the parties in a divorce action only if the due process requirements of Chapter 64, Florida Statutes, relating to partition are met.  See Sanders v. Sanders, 351 So.2d 1156 (Fla. 2nd DCA 1977).  The complaint for partition can be incorporated into a divorce petition and no separate filing is needed.  F.S. § 64.041 specifies that the…

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