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2026 Florida StatutesCh. 731–740187 sections updatedOfficial source
Updated in this edition (187)
- § 740.002 Definitions
- § 740.005 Procedure for disclosing digital assets
- § 740.006 Disclosure of content of electronic communications of deceased user
- § 740.007 Disclosure of other digital assets of deceased user
- § 740.008 Disclosure of content of electronic communications of principal
- § 740.009 Disclosure of other digital assets of principal
- § 740.02 Disclosure of content of electronic communications held in trust when trustee is not the original user
- § 740.03 Disclosure of other digital assets held in trust when trustee is not the original user
- § 740.04 Disclosure of digital assets to guardian of ward
- § 740.05 Fiduciary duty and authority
- § 740.06 Custodian compliance and immunity
- § 740.08 Applicability
- § 739.102 Definitions
- § 739.201 Disclaimer of interest in property
- § 739.202 Disclaimer of rights of survivorship in jointly held property
- § 739.301 Delivery or filing
- § 739.402 When disclaimer is barred or limited
- § 738.102 Definitions
- § 738.201 Fiduciary duties; general principles
- § 738.202 Judicial review of exercise of discretionary power; request for instruction
- § 738.203 Fiduciary’s power to adjust
- § 738.302 Applications; duties and remedies
- § 738.303 Authority of fiduciary
- § 738.304 Notice
- § 738.305 Unitrust policy
- § 738.306 Unitrust rate
- § 738.307 Applicable value
- § 738.308 Period
- § 738.309 Express unitrust
- § 738.401 Character of receipts from entity
- § 738.403 Business or other activity conducted by fiduciary
- § 738.404 Principal receipts
- § 738.407 Insurance policy or contract
- § 738.408 Insubstantial allocation not required
- § 738.409 Deferred compensation, annuity, or similar payment
- § 738.411 Minerals, water, and other natural resources
- § 738.412 Timber
- § 738.413 Marital deduction property not productive of income
- § 738.414 Derivatives or options
- § 738.501 Disbursement from income
- § 738.502 Disbursement from principal
- § 738.503 Transfers from income to principal for depreciation
- § 738.504 Reimbursement of income from principal
- § 738.505 Reimbursement of principal from income
- § 738.506 Income taxes
- § 738.507 Adjustment between income and principal because of taxes
- § 738.508 Apportionment of property expenses between tenant and remainderman
- § 738.601 Determination and distribution of net income
- § 738.602 Distribution to successor beneficiary
- § 738.701 When right to income begins and ends
- § 738.702 Apportionment of receipts and disbursements when decedent dies or income interest begins
- § 738.703 Apportionment when income interest ends
- § 736.0107 Governing law
- § 736.0109 Methods and waiver of notice
- § 736.04114 Limited judicial construction of irrevocable trust with federal tax provisions
- § 736.04117 Trustee’s power to invade principal in trust
- § 736.0505 Creditors’ claims against settlor
- § 736.0708 Compensation of trustee
- § 736.0802 Duty of loyalty
- § 736.0813 Duty to inform and account
- § 736.08135 Trust accountings
- § 736.1004 Attorney’s fees and costs
- § 736.1008 Limitations on proceedings against trustees
- § 736.10081 Nonjudicial settlement and discharge of a trustee; disclosure; objections
- § 736.1106 Antilapse; survivorship with respect to future interests under terms of inter vivos and testamentary trusts; substitute takers
- § 736.1204 Powers and duties of trustee of a private foundation trust or a split interest trust
- § 736.1502 Definitions
- § 736.1503 Requirements for community property trust
- § 736.151 Homestead property
- § 735.201 Summary administration; nature of proceedings
- § 735.203 Petition for summary administration
- § 735.206 Summary administration distribution
- § 735.302 Income tax refunds in certain cases
- § 735.303 Payment to successor without court proceedings
- § 735.304 Disposition without administration of intestate property in small estates
- § 734.101 Foreign personal representative
- § 734.104 Foreign wills; admission to record; effect on title
- § 733.101 Venue of probate proceedings
- § 733.103 Effect of probate
- § 733.104 Suspension of statutes of limitation in favor of the personal representative
- § 733.105 Determination of beneficiaries
- § 733.106 Costs and attorney fees
- § 733.107 Burden of proof in contests; presumption of undue influence
- § 733.109 Revocation of probate
- § 733.201 Proof of wills
- § 733.202 Petition
- § 733.204 Probate of a will written in a foreign language
- § 733.205 Probate of notarial will
- § 733.206 Probate of will of resident after foreign probate
- § 733.207 Establishment and probate of lost or destroyed will
- § 733.208 Discovery of later will
- § 733.209 Estates of missing persons
- § 733.212 Notice of administration; filing of objections
- § 733.213 Probate as prerequisite to judicial construction of will
- § 733.301 Preference in appointment of personal representative
- § 733.302 Who may be appointed personal representative
- § 733.303 Persons not qualified
- § 733.304 Nonresidents
- § 733.305 Trust companies and other corporations and associations
- § 733.306 Effect of appointment of debtor
- § 733.307 Succession of administration
- § 733.308 Administrator ad litem
- § 733.402 Bond of fiduciary; when required; form
- § 733.403 Amount of bond
- § 733.404 Liability of surety
- § 733.405 Release of surety
- § 733.406 Bond premium allowable as expense of administration
- § 733.501 Curators
- § 733.502 Resignation of personal representative
- § 733.503 Appointment of successor upon resignation
- § 733.504 Removal of personal representative; causes for removal
- § 733.505 Jurisdiction in removal proceedings
- § 733.506 Proceedings for removal
- § 733.508 Accounting and discharge of removed personal representatives upon removal
- § 733.509 Surrender of assets upon removal
- § 733.603 Personal representative to proceed without court order
- § 733.604 Inventories and accountings; public records exemptions
- § 733.607 Possession of estate
- § 733.608 General power of the personal representative
- § 733.612 Transactions authorized for the personal representative; exceptions
- § 733.6125 Proceedings to enforce authority
- § 733.613 Personal representative’s right to sell real property
- § 733.614 Powers and duties of successor personal representative
- § 733.615 Joint personal representatives; when joint action required
- § 733.616 Powers of surviving personal representatives
- § 733.617 Compensation of personal representative
- § 733.6171 Compensation of attorney for the personal representative
- § 733.701 Notifying creditors
- § 733.702 Limitations on presentation of claims
- § 733.703 Form and manner of presenting claim
- § 733.704 Amendment of claims
- § 733.705 Payment of and objection to claims
- § 733.706 Executions and levies
- § 733.707 Order of payment of expenses and obligations
- § 733.708 Compromise
- § 733.710 Limitations on claims against estates
- § 733.801 Delivery of devises and distributive shares
- § 733.802 Proceedings for compulsory payment of devises or distributive interest
- § 733.803 Encumbered property; liability for payment
- § 733.805 Order in which assets abate
- § 733.806 Advancement
- § 733.808 Death benefits; disposition of proceeds
- § 733.810 Distribution in kind; valuation
- § 733.816 Disposition of unclaimed property held by personal representatives
- § 733.817 Apportionment of estate taxes
- § 733.901 Final discharge
- § 733.903 Subsequent administration
- § 732.103 Share of other heirs
- § 732.108 Adopted persons and persons born out of wedlock
- § 732.2025 Definitions
- § 732.2035 Property entering into elective estate
- § 732.2045 Exclusions and overlapping application
- § 732.2055 Valuation of the elective estate
- § 732.2075 Sources from which elective share payable; abatement
- § 732.2085 Liability of direct recipients and beneficiaries
- § 732.2095 Valuation of property used to satisfy elective share
- § 732.2145 Order of contribution; personal representative’s duty to collect contribution
- § 732.2151 Award of fees and costs in elective share proceedings
- § 732.2155 Effective date; effect of prior waivers; transition rules
- § 732.217 Application
- § 732.219 Disposition upon death; waiver
- § 732.2211 Demands or disputes; statute of repose
- § 732.2231 Protection of payors and other third parties
- § 732.301 Pretermitted spouse
- § 732.302 Pretermitted children
- § 732.401 Descent of homestead
- § 732.4015 Devise of homestead
- § 732.4017 Inter vivos transfer of homestead property
- § 732.402 Exempt property
- § 732.502 Execution of wills
- § 732.503 Self-proof of will
- § 732.507 Effect of subsequent marriage, birth, adoption, or dissolution of marriage
- § 732.513 Devises to trustee
- § 732.522 Method and place of execution
- § 732.524 Qualified custodians
- § 732.525 Liability coverage; receivership of qualified custodians
- § 732.603 Antilapse; deceased devisee; class gifts
- § 732.605 Change in securities; accessions; nonademption
- § 732.606 Nonademption of specific devises in certain cases; sale by guardian of the property; unpaid proceeds of sale, condemnation, or insurance
- § 732.7025 Waiver of homestead rights through deed
- § 732.703 Effect of divorce, dissolution, or invalidity of marriage on disposition of certain assets at death
- § 732.8031 Forfeiture for abuse, neglect, exploitation, or aggravated manslaughter of an elderly person or a disabled adult
- § 732.805 Spousal rights procured by fraud, duress, or undue influence
- § 732.806 Gifts to lawyers and other disqualified persons
- § 732.901 Production of wills
- § 731.1065 Precious metals
- § 731.303 Representation
Oct. 1, 2026Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure11 rules updatedOfficial source
Updated in this edition (11)
- Rule 12.015 Family Law Forms
- Rule 12.070 Process
- Rule 12.105 Simplified Dissolution Procedure
- Rule 12.285 Mandatory Disclosure
- Rule 12.287 Financial Affidavits in Enforcement and Contempt Proceedings
- Rule 12.340 Interrogatories to Parties
- Rule 12.4501 Judicial Notice
- Rule 12.490 General Magistrates
- Rule 12.610 Injunctions for Protection Against Domestic, Repeat, Dating, and Sexual Violence, and Stalking
- Rule 12.742 Parenting Coordination
- Rule 12.750 Family Self-help Programs
Oct. 1, 2026Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure16 rules updatedOfficial source
Updated in this edition (16)
- Rule 3.112 Minimum Standards for Attorneys in Capital Cases
- Rule 3.130 First Appearance
- Rule 3.131 Pretrial Release
- Rule 3.132 Pretrial Detention
- Rule 3.134 Time for Filing Formal Charges
- Rule 3.190 Pretrial Motions
- Rule 3.191 Speedy Trial
- Rule 3.211 Competence to Proceed: Scope of Examination and Report
- Rule 3.220 Discovery
- Rule 3.390 Jury Instructions
- Rule 3.850 Motion to Vacate; Set Aside; or Correct Sentence
- Rule 3.851 Collateral Relief After Death Sentence Has Been Imposed and Affirmed on Direct Appeal
- Rule 3.853 Motion for Postconviction Dna Testing
- Rule 3.9855 Juror Voir Dire Questionnaire
- Rule 3.9875 Motion for Jail Credit
- Rule 3.9876 Motion for Correction of Sentence
Oct. 1, 2026Florida Rules of Civil Procedure7 rules updatedOfficial source
Updated in this edition (7)
- Rule 1.070 Process
- Rule 1.080 Service and Filing of Pleadings; Orders; Documents; and Transcripts
- Rule 1.090 Time
- Rule 1.350 Production of Documents and Things and Entry on Land for Inspection and Other Purposes
- Rule 1.370 Requests for Admission
- Rule 1.430 Demand for Jury Trial; Waiver
- Rule 1.902 Summons
Oct. 1, 2026Florida Probate Rules50 rules updatedOfficial source
Updated in this edition (50)
- Rule 5.025 Adversary Proceedings
- Rule 5.030 Attorneys
- Rule 5.040 Notice
- Rule 5.041 Service of Pleadings and Documents
- Rule 5.043 Deposit of Wills and Codicils
- Rule 5.060 Request for Notices and Copies of Pleadings
- Rule 5.120 Administrator Ad Litem and Guardian Ad Litem
- Rule 5.122 Curators
- Rule 5.200 Petition for Administration
- Rule 5.2405 Service of Notice of Administration on Personal Representative
- Rule 5.320 Oath of Personal Representative
- Rule 5.340 Inventory
- Rule 5.342 Inventory of Safe-deposit Box
- Rule 5.3425 Search of Safe Deposit Box
- Rule 5.345 Accountings Other Than Personal Representatives' Final Accountings
- Rule 5.350 Continuance of Unincorporated Business or Venture
- Rule 5.355 Proceedings for Review of Employment of Agents and Compensation of Personal Representatives and Estate Employees
- Rule 5.360 Elective Share
- Rule 5.370 Sales of Real Property Where No Power Conferred
- Rule 5.380 Compulsory Payment of Devises or Distributive Interests
- Rule 5.385 Determination of Beneficiaries and Shares
- Rule 5.386 Escheat
- Rule 5.400 Discharge of Personal Representative; Termination of Administration
- Rule 5.401 Objections to Petition for Discharge or Final Accounting
- Rule 5.402 Notice of Lien on Protected Homestead
- Rule 5.403 Proceedings to Determine Amount of Lien on Protected Homestead
- Rule 5.405 Proceedings to Determine Protected Homestead Status of Real Property
- Rule 5.406 Proceedings to Determine Exempt Property
- Rule 5.407 Proceedings to Determine Family Allowance
- Rule 5.425 Disposition Without Administration of Intestate Personal Property in Small Estates
- Rule 5.430 Resignation of Personal Representative
- Rule 5.440 Proceedings for Removal of Personal Representative
- Rule 5.460 Subsequent Administration
- Rule 5.470 Ancillary Administration
- Rule 5.475 Ancillary Administration, Short Form
- Rule 5.490 Form and Manner of Presenting Claim
- Rule 5.496 Form and Manner of Objecting to Claim
- Rule 5.498 Personal Representative’s Proof of Claim
- Rule 5.499 Form and Manner of Objecting To
- Rule 5.510 Establishment and Probate of Lost or Destroyed Will
- Rule 5.530 Summary Administration
- Rule 5.620 Inventory
- Rule 5.631 Petition for Approval by Professional Guardian for Order Not to Resuscitate or to Withhold Life-prolonging Procedures
- Rule 5.648 Emergency Temporary Guardian
- Rule 5.650 Resignation or Disqualification of Guardian; Appointment of Successor
- Rule 5.660 Proceedings for Removal of Guardian
- Rule 5.670 Termination of Guardianship on Change of Domicile of Resident Ward
- Rule 5.680 Termination of Guardianship
- Rule 5.690 Initial Guardianship Report
- Rule 5.695 Annual Guardianship Report