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Fla. Stat. § 95.111 (2025)

Limitations after death of a person served by publication.

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95.111 Limitations after death of a person served by publication.—In all suits or actions when a decree pro confesso or default was duly entered against a defendant on whom constructive service was duly obtained and the defendant died after the entry of the decree pro confesso or default and before the entry of final decree or judgment, and the death was not suggested to the court before the entry of the final decree or judgment, the final decree or judgment shall be binding and conclusive against persons claiming under the deceased defendant 1 year after its date as if the death had been suggested and the suit or action revived or continued against the proper parties.
History.—s. 1, ch. 11996, 1927; CGL 4947; s. 46, ch. 67-254; s. 21, ch. 74-382.
Note.—Former s. 62.08.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1996–2015 · leading case: Kimberly Ann Miles v. Daniel Weingrad, 164 So. 3d 1208 (Fla. 2015).
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Kimberly Ann Miles v. Daniel Weingrad, 164 So. 3d 1208 (Fla. 2015). · cites it 4× “at 1157-58 (citing § 95.111(4)(b), Fla. Stat. (2002); Patient’s Comp.”
Harmony Homes, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Small Bus. Admin., 936 F. Supp. 907 (M.D. Fla. 1996). “§ 95.111 and § 95.281, Fla.Stat. (1982 & Supp.”
Szapor v. City of Cape Canaveral, 775 So. 2d 1016 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001). · cites it 2× “See Fla.Stat. § 95.111(3)(p) (1996); Sarasota Welfare Home, Inc.”
95.111(3)(p): 1 case
Szapor v. City of Cape Canaveral, 775 So. 2d 1016 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001). “See Fla.Stat. § 95.111(3)(p) (1996); Sarasota Welfare Home, Inc.”
95.111(4)(b): 1 case
Kimberly Ann Miles v. Daniel Weingrad, 164 So. 3d 1208 (Fla. 2015). “at 1157-58 (citing § 95.111(4)(b), Fla. Stat. (2002); Patient’s Comp.”
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