Florida Statute 222.8 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XV
HOMESTEAD AND EXEMPTIONS

Chapter 222
METHOD OF SETTING APART HOMESTEAD AND EXEMPTIONS

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F.S. 222.08

222.08 Jurisdiction to set apart homestead and exemption.—The circuit courts have equity jurisdiction to order and decree the setting apart of homesteads and of exemptions of personal property from forced sales.

History.—s. 2, ch. 3246, 1881; RS 2005; GS 2527; RGS 3882; CGL 5789.

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Amendments to 222.08

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Cases Citing Statute 222.08

Total Results: 6

Smith v. American Consumer Finance Corp. (In Re Smith)

21 B.R. 345, 1982 Bankr. LEXIS 3803

United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Jun 30, 1982 | Docket: 1841969

Cited 20 times | Published

pursuant to §§ 222.08 and 86.011, Fla.Stat. Section 222.08, Fla.Stat., gives the Florida circuit courts

Grant v. Credithrift of America, Inc.

402 So. 2d 486

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 6, 1981 | Docket: 1691388

Cited 8 times | Published

seeking a circuit court judgment declaring through § 222.08 that the property is indeed homestead, or enjoining

Monte De Oca v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co.

897 So. 2d 471, 2004 WL 2955008

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 22, 2004 | Docket: 1416390

Cited 3 times | Published

benefit of the insurer. 16 Couch on Insurance 3d § 222:8 (2000)(emphasis added). Simply put, there is no

Arch Insurance Company v. Kubicki Draper, LLP

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jun 3, 2021 | Docket: 59957926

Published

payments to its insured.”); 16 Couch on Insurance § 222:8 (“When the insurer has made payment for the loss

In Re Mayhugh

427 B.R. 549, 22 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. B 415, 2010 Bankr. LEXIS 1096

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Florida. | Filed: Apr 9, 2010 | Docket: 1488434

Published

constitutional homestead protection, see Fla. Stat. § 222.08, if, as is the case here, entitlement to the homestead

Cohen v. Coral Gables First National Bank

266 So. 2d 188, 1972 Fla. App. LEXIS 6287

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 1, 1972 | Docket: 64527423

Published

under Fla.Const. Art. V, F.S.A.,1 and Fla.Stat. § 222.08, F.S.A., only the circuit courts of this State