Florida Form 12.901(b)(2): Petition for Dissolution of Marriage With Property but No Dependent or Minor Child(ren)

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Florida Courts currently provides Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.901(b)(2), Petition for Dissolution of Marriage With Property but No Dependent or Minor Child(ren), dated February 2018. The official PDF contains eight pages: four instruction pages followed by the four-page petition.

Source checked October 2, 2026. The current Florida Courts download matched the reviewed source file exactly. Always confirm the title and revision before relying on a saved copy.

Important: the official 2018 packet contains older alimony terminology

The printed instruction and petition pages include “permanent alimony” among the displayed alimony terms. The current text of section 61.08, Florida Statutes, lists temporary, bridge-the-gap, rehabilitative, and durational alimony—not permanent alimony. Current statute checked October 2, 2026.

What information appears on Form 12.901(b)(2)?

1. Separate caption facts from residence and jurisdiction questions

The petition begins with the judicial circuit, county, case number, division, petitioner, respondent, and the petitioner's full legal name. Paragraph 1 then displays choices about which party—or whether both—has lived in Florida for at least six months before filing.

An existing case record can provide caption facts, while residence, venue, and jurisdiction may require legal analysis. This guide does not decide where to file, who satisfies a residence requirement, or whether Florida has jurisdiction.

2. Read the military, marriage-history, and fixed family statement carefully

Paragraph 2 displays is/is not military-service choices for each spouse. Paragraph 3 asks for the date of marriage, date of separation, whether that separation date is approximate, and place of marriage.

Paragraph 4 is a fixed statement that there are no minor children under 18 or dependent children common to both parties and neither spouse is pregnant. It is not presented as a set of fillable choices.

3. Check the Social Security number notice and other companion documents

Paragraph 5 states that a completed Form 12.902(j), Notice of Social Security Number, is filed with the petition. The petition itself does not display a Social Security number blank.

The instructions also discuss proof of Florida residence, Forms 12.902(b) or 12.902(c) financial affidavits, Form 12.932 mandatory-disclosure certification, Form 12.902(i) corroborating-witness affidavit or listed identification, and Form 12.902(f)(2) when the spouses have reached an agreement on issues.

This guide reports the packet's list but does not select companion documents or determine what a particular case requires. Procedures and official forms may have changed since the packet was issued.

4. Do not let a checklist choose the stated ground

Paragraph 6 displays two choices: that the marriage is irretrievably broken, or that one party has been adjudged mentally incapacitated for the stated period and a copy of the incapacity judgment is attached.

Sun State does not select a ground, determine whether a marriage is irretrievably broken, evaluate incapacity, identify required proof, or draft supporting allegations.

5. Treat asset and liability selections as legal-content boundaries

Section I first presents a choice between no marital assets or liabilities and the existence of marital assets or liabilities. When the latter applies, the form addresses financial-affidavit disclosure, division by written agreement, a request for court distribution under section 61.075, Florida Statutes, and a request that the petitioner receive an interest in the other spouse's property with an explanation.

6. Read the alimony section only with current-law context

Section II displays a waiver choice and a request choice. The request area includes an amount, payment frequency, beginning and ending details, printed alimony types, an explanation area, other provisions including tax treatment, and a request for life insurance to secure support.

Because the February 2018 form uses terminology that differs from the current statute, this guide does not summarize those printed categories as current law. It does not recommend waiver or a request, choose a type, amount, duration, frequency, security provision, or tax term, or draft an explanation.

7. Review “Other” and the final request independently

Section III contains a former-legal-name request and an open area for other relief. Section IV summarizes the terms the petitioner asks the court to include in the final judgment: dissolution, distribution of marital assets and liabilities, alimony, former-name restoration, and other relief.

An open blank is not an invitation for Sun State to draft legal relief. This guide does not supply wording, select final requests, or check the summary against a person's legal objectives.

8. Protect confidential address information before reviewing the signature block

The official instructions say that a person who wants to keep an address confidential because the person is a victim of sexual battery, aggravated child abuse, aggravated stalking, harassment, aggravated battery, or domestic violence should not enter the address, telephone, and fax information at the bottom of the form and should instead file Form 12.980(h), Request for Confidential Filing of Address.

9. Review the oath, signature, and notarization block separately

The final page contains an oath concerning the truthfulness of the petition, a warning about knowingly making a false statement, the petitioner's date, signature and contact information, designated email addresses, and a notary-public or deputy-clerk block.

Completing a PDF does not sign it, administer an oath, notarize it, file it, serve it, or turn it into a court order. Read the official execution language before signing and obtain qualified help if its consequences are unclear.

10. Read the 2018 procedural instructions in current context

The packet discusses residence, filing, personal and constructive service, military-service procedures, response timing, default, uncontested and contested cases, mandatory disclosure, mediation, hearings, e-filing, e-service, confidentiality, temporary relief, agreements, and proposed final judgments.

Those passages describe the February 2018 packet. Statewide rules, statutes, terminology, form revisions, portal procedures, and local requirements can change. Florida Courts' current self-help guidance ↗ says self-represented parties are responsible for current statewide rules, local rules, administrative orders, required documents, and deadlines.

Nonlawyer assistance has a separate disclosure block

The packet says a nonlawyer who helps complete the form must provide Form 12.900(a), Disclosure from Nonlawyer, before helping and must place identifying information at the bottom of the last page. Form 12.901(b)(2) includes those blanks below the notarization section.

Sun State does not determine eligibility, jurisdiction, grounds, property classification, alimony, requested relief, evidence, filing, or service.

Common factual questions

Official information and independent help

Prepared by Sun State Legal Forms. Published and substantively reviewed October 2, 2026 using the complete official Florida Courts packet, current official download, and current official statutory text. Read our content and source-review standards.