The policy must cover losses of at least $250,000 in the aggregate. In the case of proceeds of any policy of insurance payable to the surviving spouse, the date of the decedents death. Except as provided in s. 732.2155(4), any transfer of property by the decedent to the extent the transfer is irrevocable before the effective date of this subsection or after that date but before the date of the decedents marriage to the surviving spouse. Property which constitutes the protected homestead of the decedent if the surviving spouse validly waived his or her homestead rights as provided under s. 732.702, or otherwise under applicable law, and such spouse did not receive any interest in the protected homestead upon the decedents death. In the case of amounts payable to the surviving spouse under any plan or arrangement described in s. 732.2035(8), the date of the decedents death. 75-220; s. 13, ch. s. 1, ch. Box 6043 DeLand, FL 32721-6043 75-74; s. 113, ch. All costs, damages, and a reasonable attorneys fee shall be adjudged to petitioner against the delinquent custodian if the court finds that the custodian had no just or reasonable cause for failing to deposit the will. . May be administered in the same manner as other estates. The allowance shall not exceed a total of $18,000. A written statement or list referred to in the decedents will shall dispose of items of tangible personal property, other than property used in trade or business, not otherwise specifically disposed of by the will. A personal representative who has the duty under this section of enforcing contribution may be relieved of that duty by an order of the court finding that it is impracticable to enforce contribution in view of the improbability of obtaining a judgment or the improbability of collection under any judgment that might be obtained, or otherwise. If each trustee of a trust that is a beneficiary of the estate of the deceased person is also a petitioner, formal notice of the petition for summary administration shall be served on each qualified beneficiary of the trust as defined in s. 736.0103 unless joinder in, or consent to, the petition is obtained from each qualified beneficiary of the trust. Acknowledgments of the electronic wills by testators, affidavits of the witnesses, and the records described in s. 117.245(1) and (2) which pertain to the online notarization. If affiant is not the surviving spouse, affiant is the surviving spouses attorney in fact or guardian of the property, and an order has been rendered by a court having jurisdiction of the real property authorizing the undersigned to make this election. 2002-387; s. 5, ch. 2001-226. 85-79, the substantive rights of all persons which have vested prior to October 1, 1985, shall be determined as provided in s. 732.402, Florida Statutes, 1983.. A designation made by or on behalf of the decedent providing for the payment or transfer at death of an interest in an asset to or for the benefit of the decedents former spouse is void as of the time the decedents marriage was judicially dissolved or declared invalid by court order prior to the decedents death, if the designation was made prior to the dissolution or court order. If the debtor does not survive the decedent, the debt shall not be taken into account in computing the intestate share of the debtors heirs. Upon the filing of the petition for summary administration, the will, if any, shall be proved in accordance with chapter 733 and be admitted to probate. For the purpose of intestate succession by a natural or adoptive parent, a natural or adoptive parent is barred from inheriting from or through a child if the natural or adoptive parents parental rights were terminated pursuant to chapter 39 prior to the death of the child, and the natural or adoptive parent shall be treated as if the parent predeceased the child. Upon application of any interested person, to achieve the testators tax objectives the court may modify the terms of a will in a manner that is not contrary to the testators probable intent. PROBATE CODE: INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS, ELECTIVE SHARE OF SURVIVING SPOUSE; RIGHTS IN COMMUNITY, CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS RELATING TO DEATH. 79-400; s. 44, ch. Provisions relating to disposition of the body. Except as provided in subsection (3), the personal representative shall collect contribution from the recipients of the elective estate as provided in the courts order of contribution. 2003-261. 99-343; s. 29, ch. 731.21 and 733.102. The contribution required of the decedents probate estate and revocable trusts may be made in cash or in kind. s. 1, ch. If a will has been revoked or if it is invalid for any other reason, it may be republished and made valid by its reexecution or the execution of a codicil republishing it with the formalities required by this law for the execution of wills. 74-106; s. 38, ch. 75-220; s. 955, ch. AFFIDAVIT OF HEIRS For purposes of this document, you must list ALL RELATIVES of the decedent, including yourself, if applicable. 77-87; s. 1, ch. A person who cohabitates with the individual. (4) The family member may use an affidavit in substantially the following form to fulfill the requirements of subsection (3): AFFIDAVIT UNDER SECTION 735.303, FLORIDA STATUTES, TO OBTAIN BANK PROPERTY OF DECEASED ACCOUNT HOLDER: (Name of decedent) State of . A class member if the devise is in the form of a class gift. must be in the presence of at least two attesting witnesses. The court may award taxable costs as in chancery actions, including attorney fees, in any proceeding under this part in which there is an objection to or dispute over: The entitlement to or the amount of the elective share; The property interests included in the elective estate, or its value; or. A life insurance policy, annuity, or other similar contract that is not held within an employee benefit plan or a tax-qualified retirement account. Although a property interest is included in the decedents elective estate under s. 732.2035(3)-(9), a payor or other third party is not liable for paying, distributing, or transferring the property to a beneficiary designated in a governing instrument, or for taking any other action in good faith reliance on the validity of a governing instrument. 2001-36; s. 17, ch. Acknowledged and subscribed before me by means of physical presence or online notarization by the testator, (type or print testators name), who is personally known to me or has produced (state type of identificationsee s. 85-79; s. 67, ch. Any transfer of property by the decedent to the extent the decedent received adequate consideration in money or moneys worth for the transfer. Property that escheats shall be sold as provided in the Florida Probate Rules and the proceeds paid to the Chief Financial Officer of the state and deposited in the State School Fund. Unless a contrary intention appears in the governing instrument: When title to property or its devolution depends on priority of death and there is insufficient evidence that the persons have died otherwise than simultaneously, the property of each person shall be disposed of as if that person survived. When awarding taxable costs and attorneys fees, the court may direct payment from a partys interest, if any, in the estate, or enter a judgment that may be satisfied from other property of the party, or both. In determining whether ss. Post and maintain a blanket surety bond of at least $250,000 to secure the faithful performance of all duties and obligations required under this part. Primary beneficiary means a beneficiary designated under the governing instrument to receive an interest in an asset upon the death of the decedent who is not a secondary beneficiary. 2017-121. The personal representative shall not be liable for failure to attempt collection if the attempt would have been economically impracticable. Has an affidavit of heirs been filed in this Intestate estate? With respect to subparagraph (a)2., the value of the portion subject to the discretion, to the extent the portion passed to or for the benefit of any person other than the decedents probate estate. Effect of fraud, duress, mistake, and undue influence. 75-220; s. 16, ch. All qualified tuition programs authorized by s. 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including, but not limited to, the Florida Prepaid College Trust Fund advance payment contracts under s. 1009.98 and the Florida Prepaid College Trust Fund participation agreements under s. 1009.981. Unless otherwise provided in the decedents will or, in the absence of a provision in the decedents will, in a trust referred to in the decedents will, the following are applied first to satisfy the elective share: Property interests included in the elective estate that pass or have passed to or for the benefit of the surviving spouse, including interests that are contingent upon making the election, but only to the extent that such contingent interests do not diminish other property interests that would be applied to satisfy the elective share in the absence of the contingent interests. An Affidavit of Heirs or Affidavit of Heirship is a sworn statement, given under oath, that identifies the relatives who may be the heirs of a person who passes away. With approval of the court having jurisdiction of the probate proceeding by an attorney in fact or a guardian of the property of the surviving spouse. Spousal rights procured by fraud, duress, or undue influence. Securities of another entity owned by the testator as a result of a merger, consolidation, reorganization, or other similar action initiated by the entity. 2006-217. Case no. No administration shall be required or formal proceedings instituted upon the estate of a decedent leaving only personal property exempt under the provisions of s. 732.402, personal property exempt from the claims of creditors under the Constitution of Florida, and nonexempt personal property the value of which does not exceed the sum of the amount of preferred funeral expenses and reasonable and necessary medical and hospital expenses of the last 60 days of the last illness. 2007-74; s. 2, ch. The rights and remedies granted in this section are in addition to any other rights or remedies a person may have at law or in equity. Florida Summary: Under Florida statute, where as estate is valued at less than $75,000, or the decedent has been dead for more than two years, any beneficiary of the estate may file a petition for summary administration of the estate. The signing and witnessing of the instrument complies with the requirements of s. 117.285. 2001-226; s. 10, ch. 2001-226. Except as provided in this act, a qualified custodian must at all times keep information provided by the testator confidential and may not disclose such information to any third party. Only direct recipients of property included in the elective estate and the beneficiaries of the decedents probate estate or of any trust that is a direct recipient, are liable to contribute toward satisfaction of the elective share. 74-106; s. 23, ch. For the purposes of subsection (1), the term: Owner includes the grantor of a trust described in s. 733.707(3) that is evidenced by a written instrument which is in existence at the time of the grantors death as if the interest held in trust was owned by the grantor. This subsection applies to joint tenancies with right of survivorship and tenancies by the entirety in real and personal property; joint and multiple-party accounts in banks, savings and loan associations, credit unions, and other financial institutions; and any other form of coownership with survivorship interests. For the purpose of intestate succession by or from an adopted person, the adopted person is a descendant of the adopting parent and is one of the natural kindred of all members of the adopting parents family, and is not a descendant of his or her natural parents, nor is he or she one of the kindred of any member of the natural parents family or any prior adoptive parents family, except that: Adoption of a child by the spouse of a natural parent has no effect on the relationship between the child and the natural parent or the natural parents family. s. 10, ch. The decedents one-half of that property is not in the elective estate. A statement acknowledging that the payment of the funds constitutes a full release and discharge of the financial institutions obligation regarding the amount paid. A named beneficiary of a bond, life insurance policy, or other contractual arrangement who is convicted in any state or foreign jurisdiction of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or aggravated manslaughter of an elderly person or a disabled adult, as those terms are defined in s. 825.101, for conduct against the owner or principal obligee of the bond, life insurance policy, or other contractual arrangement or the person upon whose life such policy was issued is not entitled to any benefit under the bond, policy, or other contractual arrangement, and the bond, policy, or other contractual arrangement becomes payable as though the abuser, neglector, exploiter, or killer had predeceased the decedent. Qualifying invasion power means a power held by the surviving spouse or the trustee of an elective share trust to invade trust principal for the health, support, and maintenance of the spouse. 2001-226. 80-203; s. 13, ch. 2001-226; s. 6, ch. 2001-226; s. 4, ch. If the court grants the petition for an extension, the election must be filed within the time allowed by the extension. s. 15, ch. An entire revocation of the trust by an instrument in writing before the testators death shall invalidate the devise or bequest. The testators name must be subscribed at the end of the will by some other person in the testators presence and by the testators direction. 98-246; s. 43, ch. 99-343; s. 22, ch. s. 1, ch. 2004-390; s. 102, ch. (Print, Type, or Stamp Commissioned name of Notary Public). Any amount of the elective share not satisfied within 2 years of the date of death of the decedent shall bear interest at the statutory rate until fully satisfied, even if an order of contribution has not yet been entered. The court may enter an order of summary administration allowing immediate distribution of the assets to the persons entitled to them. Heirs of the decedent conceived before his or her death, but born thereafter, inherit intestate property as if they had been born in the decedents lifetime. 74-106; s. 38, ch. A financial institution in this state may pay to the family member of a decedent, without any court proceeding, order, or judgment, the funds on deposit in all qualified accounts of the decedent at the financial institution if the total amount of the combined funds in the qualified accounts at the financial institution do not exceed an aggregate total of $1,000. If the dissolution of marriage judgment expressly provides otherwise. If, after the application of subsections (1), (2), and (3), the elective share is not fully satisfied, any remaining unsatisfied balance shall be satisfied from direct recipients of protected charitable lead interests, but only to the extent and at such times that contribution is permitted without disqualifying the charitable interest in that property for a deduction under the United States gift tax laws. A surviving adult descendant of the decedent, and the decedent left no surviving spouse and no surviving adult child. s. 1, ch. If there are one or more surviving descendants of the decedent who are not lineal descendants of the surviving spouse, one-half of the intestate estate. 74-106; s. 10, ch. 2021-205. Disposition of Personal Property Without Administration Instructions. 2001-180; s. 39, ch. A codicil shall be executed with the same formalities as a will. 97-102; s. 181, ch. 1, ch. For purposes of the execution or filing of an electronic will, the acknowledgment of an electronic will by the testator and the affidavits of witnesses under s. 732.503, or any other instrument under the Florida Probate Code: Any requirement that an instrument be signed may be satisfied by an electronic signature. 2009-115; s. 16, ch. If the probate of a will is initiated, the original will may be maintained by the clerk with the other pleadings during the pendency of the proceedings, but the will must at all times be retained in its original form for the remainder of the 20-year period whether or not the will is admitted to probate or the proceedings are terminated. If a personal representative or a beneficiary of the decedent has apparent title to property to which ss. Any other acquisition of property or interest by the killer, including a life estate in homestead property, shall be treated in accordance with the principles of this section. 117.05(5)(b)2.) During the spouses life, no person other than the spouse has the power to distribute income or principal to anyone other than the spouse. 2001-226. 74-106; s. 38, ch. 75-220; s. 13, ch. Persons entitled to exempt property shall be deemed to have waived their rights under this section unless a petition for determination of exempt property is filed by or on behalf of the persons entitled to the exempt property on or before the later of the date that is 4 months after the date of service of the notice of administration or the date that is 40 days after the date of termination of any proceeding involving the construction, admission to probate, or validity of the will or involving any other matter affecting any part of the estate subject to this section. A final judgment of conviction of murder in any degree is conclusive for purposes of this section. The part of the intestate estate not passing to the surviving spouse under s. 732.102, or the entire intestate estate if there is no surviving spouse, descends as follows: If there is no descendant, to the decedents father and mother equally, or to the survivor of them. That he or she has previously signed the will, or. 75-220; s. 2, ch. as identification, by means of physical presence or online notarization; and (type or print name of second witness) who is personally known to me or has produced (state type of identificationsee s. Attorneys at Florida Probate Law Group provide free deed examinations, and can often retrieve deeds from the property records electronically. Permissible methods of notice include first-class mail, personal delivery, delivery to the persons last known place of residence or place of business, or a properly directed facsimile or other electronic message. If the petition is timely filed, the time for making the election shall be extended for at least 30 days after the rendition of the order allowing the election. Any heir at law of the decedent entitled to a share of the intestate estate pursuant to s. 732.102 or s. 732.103 may by affidavit request distribution of assets of the decedent through informal application under this section. Unless the language creating a power of appointment expressly excludes the substitution of the descendants of an object of a power for the object, a surviving descendant of a deceased object of a power of appointment may be substituted for the object whether or not the descendant is an object of the power. . The affidavit of heirs should be obtained during the probate process. 81-27; s. 6, ch. (3) File Number. (1) Any part of the estate of a decedent not effectively disposed of by will passes to the decedent's heirs as prescribed in the following sections of this code. Except as provided in subsection (2), the election must be filed on or before the earlier of the date that is 6 months after the date of service of a copy of the notice of administration on the surviving spouse, or an attorney in fact or guardian of the property of the surviving spouse, or the date that is 2 years after the date of the decedents death. PROBATE CODE: SMALL ESTATES. s. 1, ch. The interest transferred is subject to divestment, expiration, or lapse upon a date certain or upon a specified event, the occurrence or nonoccurrence of which does not constitute a power held by the transferor to revoke or revest the interest in the transferor, including, without limitation, survival of the transferor. s. 1, ch. 97-102; s. 32, ch. (c)The affiant is entitled to payment of the funds in the decedents depository accounts and certificates of deposit held by the financial institution (name of financial institution). In addition to any of the fees that may be awarded under subsections (1) and (2), if the personal representative does not file a petition to determine the amount of the elective share as required by the Florida Probate Rules, the electing spouse or the attorney in fact, guardian of the property, or personal representative of the electing spouse may be awarded from the estate reasonable costs, including attorney fees, incurred in connection with the preparation and filing of the petition. s. 1, ch. 732.216-732.228 apply to specific property, the following rebuttable presumptions apply: Property acquired during marriage by a spouse of that marriage while domiciled in a jurisdiction under whose laws property could then be acquired as community property is presumed to have been acquired as, or to have become and remained, property to which these sections apply. Property specifically or demonstratively devised by the decedents will to any devisee shall not be included in exempt property. Distributions before death with respect to a specifically devised security, whether in cash or otherwise, which are not provided for in subsection (1) are not part of the specific devise. (d)A personal representative has not been appointed to administer the decedents estate, and no probate proceeding or summary administration procedure has been commenced with respect to the estate. 2010-132. Incorporated, organized, or have its principal place of business in this state. 97-102; s. 47, ch. Dissolution of marriage occurs at the time the decedents marriage is judicially dissolved or declared invalid by court order. For purposes of this document, you must list ALL RELATIVES of the decedent, including yourself, if applicable. If the spouse takes a life estate as provided in s. 732.401(1), or validly elects to take an undivided one-half interest as a tenant in common as provided in s. 732.401(2), one-half of the fair market value of the protected homestead on the date of the decedents death. Unless the will provides otherwise, the property devised shall not be held under a testamentary trust of the testator but shall become a part of the principal of the trust to which it is devised. Effective date; effect of prior waivers; transition rules. 732.216-732.228 apply unless a written demand is made by the surviving spouse or the spouses successor in interest within 3 months after service of a copy of the notice of administration on the surviving spouse or the spouses successor in interest. 2007-74; s. 2, ch. A cause of action under this section accrues on the decedents date of death. s. 1, ch. 75-220; s. 53, ch. 2017-121. In all actions brought under this section, the court must award taxable costs as in chancery actions, including attorney fees. In the case of amounts includable under s. 732.2035(8), the transfer tax value of the amounts on the date of the decedents death.
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