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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 86
DECLARATORY JUDGMENTS
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F.S. 86.041
86.041 Actions by executors, administrators, trustees, etc.Any person interested as or through an executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, or other fiduciary, creditor, devisee, legatee, heir, next of kin, or cestui que trust, in the administration of a trust, a guardianship, or the estate of a decedent, an infant, a mental incompetent, or insolvent may have a declaration of rights or equitable or legal relations to:
(1) Ascertain any class of creditors, devisees, legatees, heirs, next of kin, or others;
(2) Direct the executor, administrator, or trustee to refrain from doing any particular act in his or her fiduciary capacity; or
(3) Determine any question relating to the administration of the guardianship, estate, or trust, including questions of construction of wills and other writings.

For the purpose of this section, a “mental incompetent” is one who, because of mental illness, intellectual disability, senility, excessive use of drugs or alcohol, or other mental incapacity, is incapable of managing his or her property or caring for himself or herself or both.

History.s. 4, ch. 21820, 1943; s. 38, ch. 67-254; s. 1, ch. 88-33; s. 459, ch. 95-147; s. 3, ch. 2013-162.
Note.Former s. 87.04.

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Amendments to 86.041


Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 86.041

Total Results: 9

United States v. Jesus Ismael Miranda, J.M. Seafood, Inc.

835 F.2d 830, 1988 U.S. App. LEXIS 388, 1988 WL 44

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jan 15, 1988 | Docket: 812951

Cited 26 times | Published

constitutionality of a statute was at issue. Fla.Stat. § 86.041; U.S.Dist.Ct.S.D.Fla. Rule 9(B). The magistrate

Wolf Sanitary Wiping Cloth, Inc. v. Wolf

526 So. 2d 702, 13 Fla. L. Weekly 1152, 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 1916, 1988 WL 44489

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 10, 1988 | Docket: 1679828

Cited 4 times | Published

section 733.607, Florida Statutes (1985). Section 86.041 specifically permits a declaratory action to

Dent v. Belin

483 So. 2d 61, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 297

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 30, 1986 | Docket: 455830

Cited 3 times | Published

construed. Section 86.101, Florida Statutes (1983). Section 86.041 provides that any person interested as a trustee

Wells v. Wells

24 So. 3d 579, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 13755, 2009 WL 2949277

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 16, 2009 | Docket: 1648520

Cited 1 times | Published

988 So.2d 1157, 1158-59 (Fla. 3d DCA 2008). Section 86.041, Florida Statutes (2007) provides, in part:

Scott v. Reyes

913 So. 2d 13, 2005 Fla. App. LEXIS 14265, 2005 WL 2172231

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 9, 2005 | Docket: 64840713

Published

estate administration proceeding. Invoking section 86.041, Florida Statutes (2003), Mrs. Scott’s individual

Adelsperger v. Midlantic National Bank & Trust Co.

567 So. 2d 444, 1990 Fla. App. LEXIS 4551, 1990 WL 151219

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 23, 1990 | Docket: 64653372

Published

Section 86.101, Florida Statutes, (1983). Section 86.041 provides that any person interested as a trustee

First National Bank in Palm Beach v. Underwood

499 So. 2d 60, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 79, 1986 Fla. App. LEXIS 11066

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 24, 1986 | Docket: 64623804

Published

v. McDowell, 148 So.2d 36 (Fla. 3d DCA 1962); § 86.041(3), Florida Statutes (1985). Affirmed. WALDEN

Backus v. Howard W. Backus Towing, Inc.

391 So. 2d 378, 1980 Fla. App. LEXIS 18254

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 23, 1980 | Docket: 64579283

Published

Mary may also seek declaratory relief under Section 86.041(1) & (3), Florida Statutes (1977), “... (1)

King v. Pinellas Central Bank & Trust Co.

339 So. 2d 712, 1976 Fla. App. LEXIS 15681

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 1, 1976 | Docket: 64556026

Published

interpretation of May, supra. However, it has overlooked § 86.041, Fla.Stat.1975, which states: “Any person interested