HOW DOES ONE THAT SEEKS DOMICILE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA BUT HAS ANOTHER PLACE OF RESIDENCE IN ANOTHER STATE OR STATES, EVIDENCE DOMICILE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA?

Florida Statute Section 222.17(2) provides:

 

  • Any person who shall have established a domicile in the State of Florida, but who shall maintain another place or places of abode in some other state or states, may manifest and evidence his or her domicile in this state by filing in the office of the clerk of the circuit court for county in which he or she resides, a sworn statement that his or her place of abode in Florida constitutes his or her predominant and principal home, and that he or she intends to continue it permanently as such.

 

Florida Statute Section 222.17(3):

 

  • Such sworn statement shall contain, in addition to the foregoing, a declaration that the person making the same is, at the time of making such statement, a bona fide resident of the state, and shall set forth therein his or her place of residence within the state, the city, county and state wherein he or she formerly resided, and the place or places, if any, where he or she maintains another or other place or places of abode.