The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 798
ADULTERY; LEWD AND LASCIVIOUS BEHAVIOR

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F.S. 798.01

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.

History.—s. 1, ch. 1986, 1874; RS 2595; GS 3518; RGS 5406; CGL 7549; s. 772, ch. 71-136.

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Amendments to 798.01

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 798.01

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S798.01 - SEX OFFENSE - ADULTERY - M: S

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

DOODY, v. L. RYAN, 649 F.3d 986 (9th Cir. 2011)

. . . official and the student or parent or guardian if the student is under eighteen years of age”); A.R.S. 36-798.01 . . .

DOODY, v. B. SCHRIRO, 596 F.3d 620 (9th Cir. 2010)

. . . official and the student or parent or guardian if the student is under eighteen years of' age”); A.R.S. 36-798.01 . . .

CARUSO v. CITY OF COCOA, FLORIDA,, 260 F. Supp. 2d 1191 (M.D. Fla. 2003)

. . . . § 798.01 — Living in open adultery: Whoever lives in an open state of adultery shall be guilty of a . . .

MARCUM, v. McWHORTER,, 308 F.3d 635 (6th Cir. 2002)

. . . . § 798.01; GA.Code Ann. § 16-6-19; Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-3507; Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.30; N.C. . . .

LEE, v. LEE,, 544 So. 2d 1083 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)

. . . so in a manner that for all intents and purposes would place their conduct in violation of section 798.01 . . .

MILLER, v. STATE, 520 So. 2d 80 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

. . . Section 798.01 prohibits living "in an open state of adultery." . . .

In A. RIVERA s, 5 B.R. 313 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1980)

. . . relationship, which might be chic and acceptable in some cases, is still a violation of Florida Statutes § 798.01 . . .

D. PURVIS, v. STATE W. FRENCH v. STATE, 377 So. 2d 674 (Fla. 1979)

. . . The state argues that the distinction made by the statute is offset by section 798.01, Florida Statutes . . . Section 798.01 prohibits living in open adultery. . . . prosecution of a parent or any other person who contributes to the delinquency or dependency of the child. . 798.01 . . .

MOORE, v. STATE, 339 So. 2d 228 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1976)

. . . Section 798.01, F.S.1975. . See DeLaine v. . . .

MASZEWSKI, v. PISKADLO,, 318 So. 2d 226 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1975)

. . . . § 798.01 which forbids living in an open state of adultery, but the violation of which requires not . . .

BROWN, v. STATE, 232 So. 2d 55 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1970)

. . . Compare also a conviction of manslaughter under F.S. 782.07, F.S.A. with living in adultery under F.S. 798.01 . . .

J. SIMKINS, v. SIMKINS,, 219 So. 2d 724 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1969)

. . . Under § 798.01 Fla.Stat., F.S.A., living in an open state of adultery is a crime for which the maximum . . .

BRINSON, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, COUNTY OF DADE, E., 273 F. Supp. 840 (S.D. Fla. 1967)

. . . Thus, in some states such as Florida (798.01 F.S.A.) and Arizona, adultery is classed as a felony, but . . .

McLAUGHLIN v. FLORIDA, 379 U.S. 184 (U.S. 1964)

. . . Section 798.01 forbids living in adultery and § 798.02 proscribes lewd cohabitation. . . . Sections 798.01-798.05 indicate no legislative conviction that promiscuity by the interracial couple . . . Sections 798.01-798.03 deal with adultery, lewd cohabitation and fornication, in that order. . . . The latter offense is identical to that proscribed by § 798.01, except that § 798.01 contains the additional . . . State, 79 Fla. 824, 85 So. 153 (1920) (both cases involving what is now §798.01); Wildman v. . . .

PULEO, v. STATE, 109 So. 2d 39 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1959)

. . . . § 798.01 and § 798.02, relating to adultery and to lewd and lascivious conduct. . . .