Florida Statute 68.5 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 68
MISCELLANEOUS PROCEEDINGS

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F.S. 68.05

68.05 Creditors’ bills.—Creditors’ bills may be filed in chancery before the claims of indebtedness of the persons filing them have been reduced to judgment, but no such action shall be entertained unless plaintiff has first commenced a separate action at law for the collection of the claims. No final judgment shall be entered on a creditor’s bill until such claims have been reduced to judgment at law.

History.—s. 1, ch. 5137, 1903; GS 1961; RGS 3229; CGL 5035; s. 1, ch. 21976, 1943; s. 22, ch. 67-254.

Note.—Former s. 62.37.

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Cases Citing Statute 68.05

Total Results: 5

Cerna v. Swiss Bank Corp.(Overseas), SA

503 So. 2d 1297, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 485

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 10, 1987 | Docket: 932189

Cited 7 times | Published

prerequisites for the maintenance of a creditors' bill, § 68.05, Fla. Stat. (1985),[1] which, contrary to common

Koehler v. Roberts

661 So. 2d 374, 1995 WL 594944

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 11, 1995 | Docket: 532500

Cited 2 times | Published

bill should comply with the requirements of section 68.05, Florida Statutes (1991). CAMPBELL, A.C.J.,

Wendell v. Wilshire Corp.

544 So. 2d 320, 14 Fla. L. Weekly 1373, 1989 Fla. App. LEXIS 3213, 1989 WL 58720

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 7, 1989 | Docket: 64642895

Published

collection of a claim of indebtedness as required by section 68.05, Florida Statutes, which provides: Creditors’

Smith v. Daniel Mones, P.A.

459 So. 2d 462, 9 Fla. L. Weekly 2528, 1984 Fla. App. LEXIS 15967

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 27, 1984 | Docket: 64608291

Published

he instituted a creditor’s bill pursuant to Section 68.05 of the Florida Statutes (1983). The *463causes

Mills v. Lawhon

448 So. 2d 1162, 1984 Fla. App. LEXIS 12712

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 16, 1984 | Docket: 64604314

Published

Thereafter, she filed a creditor’s bill under Section 68.05, Florida Statutes (1981), against the estate