Fla. Stat. § 61.001 : Civil Practice And Procedure — Dissolution Of Marriage; Support; Time-Sharing — Purpose of chapter Date: 26 Apr 2016 TEXT PDF Current through Chapter 269 of the 2016 Legislative Session (1) This chapter shall be liberally construed and applied. (2) Its purposes are: (a) To preserve the integrity of marriage and to safeguard meaningful family relationships; (b) To promote the amicable settlement of disputes that arise between parties to a marriage; and (c) To mitigate the potential harm to the spouses and their children caused by the process of legal dissolution of marriage. Fla. Stat. § 61.001 s. 1, ch. 71-241; s. 111, ch. 86-220.