OLIVER v. STUFFLEBEAM

No. 3D12-2159.

155 So.3d 395 (2014)

Sarah OLIVER, Appellant, v. Heather Ann STUFFLEBEAM, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

December 24, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlton Fields Jorden Burt and Cristina Alonso ; Elizabeth F. Schwartz , for appellant.

Shook Hardy & Bacon and Daniel B. Rogers , for appellee.

Shannon P. Minter of National Center for Lesbian Rights (San Francisco, CA.), pro hac vice for appellant.

Before SHEPHERD, C.J., and WELLS and ROTHENBERG, JJ.


This is an appeal by a same-sex couple from a sua sponte order entered in the court below, dismissing their petition for dissolution of their out-of-state marriage on the authority of section 741.212 of the Florida Statutes which states that same-sex marriages "are not recognized for any purpose in this state." The couple, who are...

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