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QUESTION: Who is to bear the cost of notice by publication when the party plaintiff is legally indigent as set forth in s. 57.081, F. S.?

SUMMARY: The state and county are not responsible for the payment of the costs of publication of notice of action by insolvent and poverty-stricken persons, except as may otherwise be provided in s. 50.071, F. S. In actions or proceedings for dissolution or annulment of marriage, adoption, or wherein the state law and state and federal Constitutions do not require personal service of process, the alternative means of obtaining jurisdiction or posting notice…