In Florida, to get married you need to buy a marriage license at the courthouse (about $91), read a marriage pamphlet and have a ceremony (Chapter 741, Florida Statutes). Marriage creates a legal relationship.

To get a Florida divorce, you need to go back to the courthouse to file papers and pay a fee (about $364), and get the circuit court judge assigned to the case to sign your final judgment of dissolution (the divorce decree).

Once divorced, you are legally single.