Florida Form 12.901(b)(3): Petition for Dissolution of Marriage With No Dependent or Minor Child(ren) or Property

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Florida Courts currently provides Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.901(b)(3), Petition for Dissolution of Marriage With No Dependent or Minor Child(ren) or Property, dated February 2018. The official PDF contains seven pages: four instruction pages followed by the three-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 petition contains two consequential fixed statements

Paragraph 7 states, in capital letters, that there are no marital assets or liabilities. Paragraph 8 states, in capital letters, that the petitioner forever gives up any rights to spousal support (alimony) from the other spouse. These are printed statements, not blank choices within this petition.

What information appears on Form 12.901(b)(3)?

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.

The caption displays fields for the circuit, county, case number, division, and party names. This guide does not determine what should be entered or left for the clerk, where to file, who satisfies a residence requirement, or whether Florida has jurisdiction.

2. Review military status and marriage facts independently

Paragraph 2 displays is/is not military-service choices for each spouse. Paragraph 3 asks for the date and place of marriage. Unlike Form 12.901(b)(2), this petition does not ask for a separation date.

Sun State does not determine military status, whether special protections or procedures apply, or what proof a court requires.

3. Read the fixed children-and-pregnancy statement before entering information

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

4. Check the Social Security number notice and companion materials

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, and Form 12.902(i) corroborating-witness affidavit or specified identification.

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.

5. 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 a period of three years before the filing of the petition 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.

6. Read the fixed no-property statement exactly as printed

Paragraph 7 is a fixed statement that there are no marital assets or liabilities. The petition does not provide fields to list, classify, value, or divide assets or debts.

7. Read the fixed alimony waiver with current-law help

Paragraph 8 is not a menu of support choices. It contains the fixed statement that the petitioner forever gives up any rights to spousal support (alimony) from the other spouse.

This guide does not advise anyone to accept that statement, determine whether a potential claim exists, explain the consequences of a waiver, or interpret current alimony law. Those questions require case-specific legal advice.

8. Review the former-name, other-relief, and request sections

Paragraph 9 includes a former-legal-name request. Paragraph 10 provides an open area for other relief. The request section asks the court to dissolve the marriage, restore the listed former name when requested, and grant any other stated 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 request against a person's legal objectives.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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, and a proposed final judgment.

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 the nonlawyer's name, address, and telephone number at the bottom of the last page of every form the nonlawyer helps complete. Form 12.901(b)(3) includes those blanks below the notarization section.

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

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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.