Florida Statutes (Last Updated: April 21, 2021) |
TITLE XLII. ESTATES AND TRUSTS |
CHAPTER 732. PROBATE CODE: INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS |
PART I. INTESTATE SUCCESSION |
SECTION 732.101. Intestate estate. |
SECTION 732.102. Spouse’s share of intestate estate. |
SECTION 732.103. Share of other heirs. |
SECTION 732.104. Inheritance per stirpes. |
SECTION 732.105. Half blood. |
SECTION 732.106. Afterborn heirs. |
SECTION 732.107. Escheat. |
SECTION 732.108. Adopted persons and persons born out of wedlock. |
SECTION 732.1081. Termination of parental rights. |
SECTION 732.109. Debts to decedent. |
SECTION 732.1101. Aliens. |
SECTION 732.111. Dower and curtesy abolished. |
PART II. ELECTIVE SHARE OF SURVIVING SPOUSE; RIGHTS IN COMMUNITY PROPERTY |
SECTION 732.201. Right to elective share. |
SECTION 732.2025. Definitions. |
SECTION 732.2035. Property entering into elective estate. |
SECTION 732.2045. Exclusions and overlapping application. |
SECTION 732.2055. Valuation of the elective estate. |
SECTION 732.2065. Amount of the elective share. |
SECTION 732.2075. Sources from which elective share payable; abatement. |
SECTION 732.2085. Liability of direct recipients and beneficiaries. |
SECTION 732.2095. Valuation of property used to satisfy elective share. |
SECTION 732.2105. Effect of election on other interests. |
SECTION 732.2115. Protection of payors and other third parties. |
SECTION 732.2125. Right of election; by whom exercisable. |
SECTION 732.2135. Time of election; extensions; withdrawal. |
SECTION 732.2145. Order of contribution; personal representative’s duty to collect contribution. |
SECTION 732.2151. Award of fees and costs in elective share proceedings. |
SECTION 732.2155. Effective date; effect of prior waivers; transition rules. |
SECTION 732.216. Short title. |
SECTION 732.217. Application. |
SECTION 732.218. Rebuttable presumptions. |
SECTION 732.219. Disposition upon death. |
SECTION 732.221. Perfection of title of personal representative or beneficiary. |
SECTION 732.222. Purchaser for value or lender. |
SECTION 732.223. Perfection of title of surviving spouse. |
SECTION 732.224. Creditor’s rights. |
SECTION 732.225. Acts of married persons. |
SECTION 732.226. Limitations on testamentary disposition. |
SECTION 732.227. Homestead defined. |
SECTION 732.228. Uniformity of application and construction. |
PART III. PRETERMITTED SPOUSE AND CHILDREN |
SECTION 732.301. Pretermitted spouse. |
SECTION 732.302. Pretermitted children. |
PART IV. EXEMPT PROPERTY AND ALLOWANCES |
SECTION 732.401. Descent of homestead. |
SECTION 732.4015. Devise of homestead. |
SECTION 732.4017. Inter vivos transfer of homestead property. |
SECTION 732.402. Exempt property. |
SECTION 732.403. Family allowance. |
PART V. WILLS |
SECTION 732.501. Who may make a will. |
SECTION 732.502. Execution of wills. |
SECTION 732.503. Self-proof of will. |
SECTION 732.504. Who may witness. |
SECTION 732.505. Revocation by writing. |
SECTION 732.506. Revocation by act. |
SECTION 732.507. Effect of subsequent marriage, birth, adoption, or dissolution of marriage. |
SECTION 732.508. Revival by revocation. |
SECTION 732.509. Revocation of codicil. |
SECTION 732.5105. Republication of wills by codicil. |
SECTION 732.511. Republication of wills by reexecution. |
SECTION 732.512. Incorporation by reference. |
SECTION 732.513. Devises to trustee. |
SECTION 732.514. Vesting of devises. |
SECTION 732.515. Separate writing identifying devises of tangible property. |
SECTION 732.5165. Effect of fraud, duress, mistake, and undue influence. |
SECTION 732.517. Penalty clause for contest. |
SECTION 732.518. Will contests. |
SECTION 732.521. Definitions. |
SECTION 732.522. Method and place of execution. |
SECTION 732.523. Self-proof of electronic will. |
SECTION 732.524. Qualified custodians. |
SECTION 732.525. Liability coverage; receivership of qualified custodians. |
SECTION 732.526. Probate. |
PART VI. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION |
SECTION 732.6005. Rules of construction and intention. |
SECTION 732.601. Simultaneous Death Law. |
SECTION 732.603. Antilapse; deceased devisee; class gifts. |
SECTION 732.604. Failure of testamentary provision. |
SECTION 732.605. Change in securities; accessions; nonademption. |
SECTION 732.606. Nonademption of specific devises in certain cases; sale by guardian of the property; unpaid proceeds of sale, condemnation, or insurance. |
SECTION 732.607. Exercise of power of appointment. |
SECTION 732.608. Construction of terms. |
SECTION 732.609. Ademption by satisfaction. |
SECTION 732.611. Devises to multigeneration classes to be per stirpes. |
SECTION 732.615. Reformation to correct mistakes. |
SECTION 732.616. Modification to achieve testator’s tax objectives. |
PART VII. CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS RELATING TO DEATH |
SECTION 732.701. Agreements concerning succession. |
SECTION 732.702. Waiver of spousal rights. |
SECTION 732.7025. Waiver of homestead rights through deed. |
SECTION 732.703. Effect of divorce, dissolution, or invalidity of marriage on disposition of certain assets at death. |
PART VIII. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
SECTION 732.802. Killer not entitled to receive property or other benefits by reason of victim’s death. |
SECTION 732.804. Provisions relating to disposition of the body. |
SECTION 732.805. Spousal rights procured by fraud, duress, or undue influence. |
SECTION 732.806. Gifts to lawyers and other disqualified persons. |
PART IX. PRODUCTION OF WILLS |
SECTION 732.901. Production of wills. |