Florida Statute 222.10 - 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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222.10 Jurisdiction to subject property claimed to be exempt.—The circuit courts have equity jurisdiction upon bill filed by a creditor or other person interested in enforcing any unsatisfied judgment or decree, to determine whether any property, real or personal, claimed to be exempt, is so exempt, and in case it be not exempt, the court shall, by its decree subject it, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to the satisfaction of said judgment or decree and may enjoin the sheriff or other officer from setting apart as exempt property, real or personal, which is not exempt, and may annul all exemptions made and set apart by the sheriff or other officer.

History.—s. 3, ch. 3246, 1881; RS 2007; GS 2529; RGS 3884; CGL 5791.

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Cases Citing Statute 222.10

Total Results: 7

Solomon v. Davis

100 So. 2d 177, 67 A.L.R. 2d 774

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Feb 5, 1958 | Docket: 1226970

Cited 21 times | Published

court below, instituted a proceeding under *178 Section 222.10, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., to attack the homestead

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

the creditor has a means, clearly provided under § 222.10[5], to challenge the homestead claim, should he

Raheb v. DiBattisto

513 So. 2d 717, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 2295

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 22, 1987 | Docket: 2584542

Cited 2 times | Published

constituting, in effect, a bill filed pursuant to Section 222.10, Florida Statutes (1985), by a judgment creditor

Sepulveda v. Westport Recovery Corp.

145 So. 3d 162, 2014 WL 3291766, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 10515

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 9, 2014 | Docket: 434309

Cited 1 times | Published

within the circuit court’s jurisdiction based on section 222.10, Florida Statutes (2013). 2 In response

LILIA BELKOVA, Individually, and as successor Trustee of the Land Trust Agreement, No:072003 Dated 2/9/04 v. DEER RUN PROPERTY OWNERS' ASSOCIATION, INC.

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 23, 2023 | Docket: 67718525

Published

3d 162 (Fla. 3d DCA 2014), which held that section 222.10, Florida Statutes, grants circuit courts exclusive

Luskin v. Luskin

616 So. 2d 559, 1993 Fla. App. LEXIS 3842, 1993 WL 98670

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 31, 1993 | Docket: 64695392

Published

that the local action rule does not apply. Section 222.10, Florida Statutes, provides in pertinent part

Holden v. Patterson

64 So. 2d 772, 1953 Fla. LEXIS 1242

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Apr 21, 1953 | Docket: 64484189

Published

Red-ditt to foreclose the lien of the judgment. Section 222.10, Florida Statutes 1951, and F.S.A. The Chancellor

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