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To: Catspaw
Florida isn't a common law state.

Yeah. I wondered about that. Turns out that Florida law prohibits cohabitation, and therefore, since the law prohibits cohabitation, then it wouldn't make sense to impose "marriage" on the basis of an illegal act.

http://www.unmarriedamerica.org/News-About-Us/Anti-cohabitation.htm <-- Light story

798.01 Living in open adultery. <-- Florida Statutory Law

798.02 Lewd and lascivious behavior. <-- More Florida Statute

798.01 Living in open adultery.--Whoever lives in an open state of adultery shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. Where either of the parties living in an open state of adultery is married, both parties so living shall be deemed to be guilty of the offense provided for in this section.

Penalty for this apparantly rarely enforced set of laws is 60 days and/or $500 fine. There are hot links at the Florida Statutes site.

27 posted on 03/21/2005 9:46:31 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: Cboldt

There was a DA in Wisconsin--up in Douglas County IIRC--who prosecuted someone for adultery a few years back. He's not DA anymore. I do believe the voters invited him to leave.


36 posted on 03/21/2005 11:45:05 AM PST by Catspaw
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To: Cboldt
Penalty for this apparantly rarely enforced set of laws is 60 days and/or $500 fine.

If Michael gets locked up for 60 days for adultery, I wonder of it is mandated that he must be fed and watered too? And if not, when he slips into his own coma on or about day 40 I wonder what the MSM/Flori-duh court system/Susan Estich/Lis Wiel axis will declare about his mental state then.

38 posted on 03/21/2005 1:02:58 PM PST by Agamemnon
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