Unlike federal anti-discrimination laws, the Florida Civil Rights Act provides protection from discrimination based upon marital status.
The Florida Supreme Court has held that martial status “means the state of being married, single, divorced, widowed or separated, and does not include the specific identity or actions of an individual’s spouse.” Donato v. American Tel. & Tel. Co., 767 So. 2d 1146, 1155 (Fla. 2000).
Marital status discrimination, as now defined by the Florida Supreme Court is something that we see very rarely.
