? about Florida Alcohol laws

[MaryAnne]

In Texas, I can legally order my 20 year old an alcoholic beverage when she is with me. What about Florida's laws? I have spent the better part of an hour or so trying to find an answer on the internet. I tried to read the info on the Florida Departmen of Business and Professional Regulation. It's probably the wrong place to look! Now that my eyes are crossed, I thought I'd ask the experts on SoWal. Can anyone help?

 

[Mermaid]

In Texas, I can legally order my 20 year old an alcoholic beverage when she is with me. What about Florida's laws? I have spent the better part of an hour or so trying to find an answer on the internet. I tried to read the info on the Florida Departmen of Business and Professional Regulation. It's probably the wrong place to look! Now that my eyes are crossed, I thought I'd ask the experts on SoWal. Can anyone help?

I have a 20 year old also and she said she'd come down to SoWal with me on a girls' trip...next year when she's 21. That should tell you what the drinking age is in Florida, huh?

 

[SHELLY]

In Texas, I can legally order my 20 year old an alcoholic beverage when she is with me. What about Florida's laws? I have spent the better part of an hour or so trying to find an answer on the internet. I tried to read the info on the Florida Departmen of Business and Professional Regulation. It's probably the wrong place to look! Now that my eyes are crossed, I thought I'd ask the experts on SoWal. Can anyone help?

You can stop looking for "loopholes"...the law in Florida is one must be 21 (one nano-second past midnight on the 21st anniversary of the day they emerged into the light) to legally drink--even if they're still with Mommy.


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[MaryAnne]

Well, that's that. I knew I could get the answer immediately right here. Many thanks.

 

[Matt J]

There's always the option of being a bad influence at home. Of course that doesn't work out too well. Talk to some of the local high schoolers.

 

[Smiling JOe]

What shelly said. In GA, at one time (not sure now), you could legally let your kid consume alcohol in your presence, ONLY IN YOUR HOUSE, not in a bar and restaurant. not so in fl.