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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XV
HOMESTEAD AND EXEMPTIONS
Chapter 222
METHOD OF SETTING APART HOMESTEAD AND EXEMPTIONS
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F.S. 222.14
222.14 Exemption of cash surrender value of life insurance policies and annuity contracts from legal process.The cash surrender values of life insurance policies issued upon the lives of citizens or residents of the state and the proceeds of annuity contracts issued to citizens or residents of the state, upon whatever form, shall not in any case be liable to attachment, garnishment or legal process in favor of any creditor of the person whose life is so insured or of any creditor of the person who is the beneficiary of such annuity contract, unless the insurance policy or annuity contract was effected for the benefit of such creditor.
History.s. 1, ch. 10154, 1925; CGL 7066; s. 1, ch. 78-76.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 222.14
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 222.14.



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 222.14

Total Results: 20

Spector v. Spector

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-05-24T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 226 So. 3d 256, 2017 WL 2264636, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 7547

Snippet: policy is statutory, not constitutional. See § 222.14, Fla. Stat. (2015). However, the statutory protection

Peninsula II Developers, Inc. v. Gryphon Construction, LLC

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-01-25T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 208 So. 3d 1239, 2017 WL 361571, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 712

Snippet: of action is created.” 16 Couch on Insurance § 222:14 (3d ed. 2013). In the instant action, Steadfast

Connor v. Seaside National Bank

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2014-03-28T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 135 So. 3d 508, 2014 WL 1255340, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 4605

Snippet: are exempt from garnishment pursuant to section 222.14, Florida Statutes (2013). The annuities at issue…beneficiary” of the proceeds, pursuant to section 222.14, because she was not the named annuitant. Consequently…beneficiary of the annuities, we reverse. Section 222.14 provides an exemption from garnishment for the … proceeds of the annuity contract under section 222.14. The bankruptcy court concluded that the proceeds

Joel M. Weissman, P.A. v. Abou-Sayed

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2013-02-06T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 107 So. 3d 1163, 2013 WL 440110, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 1849

Snippet: liens by operation of statute, see §§ 222.21 & 222.14, Fla. Stat. (2010), the record supports the trial

Arnold, Matheny, Pa v. First Am. Holdings

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2008-05-01T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 982 So. 2d 628

Snippet: the cash surrender value of life insurance, see § 222.14, Fla. Stat. (2007); disability income benefits,

Cadle Co. v. Pegasus Ranch, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-02-28T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 920 So. 2d 1276

Snippet: insurance or annuities, pursuant to sections 222.13 and 222.14, Florida Statutes (2004). Cadle timely replied …annuity contracts are provided by sections 222.13 and 222.14. In addition to authorizing the exemptions, chapter

Faro v. Porchester Holdings, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2001-09-05T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 792 So. 2d 1262

Snippet: appeals, Faro contends that pursuant to section 222.14, Florida Statutes, the cash surrender value of … it and converted it into another form. Section 222.14, Florida Statutes (2000), provides: The cash surrender… 865, 869 (Fla.1938). We have construed section 222.14 both prior to and after the 1978 amendment. The…Accordingly, we hold that the exemption of section 222.14 applies to the certificate of deposit purchased…was exempt from garnishment pursuant to section 222.14, Florida Statutes (1997), but declined to decide

Goldenberg v. Sawczak

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2001-05-03T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 791 So. 2d 1078

Snippet: EXEMPT FROM LEGAL PROCESS UNDER FLA. STAT. ANN. § 222.14 (WEST 1998)? In re Goldenberg, 218 F.3d 1264 (11th…of these policies were not exempt under section 222.14, Florida Statutes (1995), because moneys received…contracts exempt from legal process under section 222.14.[3] The bankruptcy court also denied the remainder…quot; Thus, the district court found that section 222.14 did not exempt the contracts from legal process…The Florida exemption statute at issue, section 222.14, Florida Statutes (1995), and its caption provide

Technical Chemicals & Products, Inc. v. Porchester Holdings, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2001-05-02T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 785 So. 2d 636, 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 5809, 2001 WL 456474

Snippet: completely exempt from garnishment pursuant to section 222.14, Florida Statutes (1997).1 Mass Mutual asserted…statutorily exempt from garnishment, pursuant to section 222.14. The trial court reasoned that the fact that Faro…whatever form,” under the plain meaning of section 222.14. As authority, the trial court cited to Zuckerman…the writ of garnishment as we agree that section 222.14 protects the cash surrender value of the limited…WARNER, C.J., and STONE, J., concur. . Section 222.14, Florida Statutes (1997), provides: The cash surrender

Windsor-Thomas Group, Inc. v. Parker

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2001-03-22T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 782 So. 2d 478

Snippet: legal process in favor of any creditor." § 222.14, Fla.Stat. (1997). At least in cases where the … not subject to garnishment pursuant to section 222.14, Florida Statutes (1997), and that American General…appeal, Windsor-Thomas has conceded that section 222.14, Florida Statutes (1997), prohibits the garnishment…asset subjecting them to constant lawsuits. Section 222.14 broadly states that the proceeds of an annuity … to obtain payment from Ms. Parker, but section 222.14 bars the judiciary from assisting Windsor-Thomas

State Farm Ins. Company v. Florida Asset Financing Corporation

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2000-06-28T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 786 So. 2d 1

Snippet: Rash's future annuity proceeds because section 222.14, Florida Statutes (1997), exempts such proceeds…proceeds from garnishment. We agree that section 222.14 provides for such an exemption. However, Mr. Rash, &… B.R. 390, 393 (Bankr.M.D.Fla.1988), see also § 222.14, Fla. Stat. (1997). He is the one who was injured

First Colony v. Sun State Capital Funding

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1999-03-09T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 730 So. 2d 735

Snippet: garnishment of annuity contracts pursuant to section 222.14, Florida Statutes (1997). A representative of Jamestown

In Re McCollam

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1993-01-27T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 612 So. 2d 572

Snippet: legislative history of section 222.14. In 1978, the legislature amended section 222.14 to provide: Exemption of…CREDITOR CLAIMS IN BANKRUPTCY UNDER FLA. STAT. § 222.14. We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section… the Florida Constitution. We hold that section 222.14, Florida Statutes (1989), exempts an annuity from…claimed an exemption for the annuity under section 222.14, which provides: The cash surrender values of life…LeCroy argues that a literal reading of section 222.14 will invite substantial abuses of the exemption

Kash 'N Karry v. Wallace

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1989-11-08T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 553 So. 2d 222, 14 Fla. L. Weekly 2600, 1989 Fla. App. LEXIS 6317, 1989 WL 135513

Snippet: Barfield, Shivers, Smith 8 November 1989 553 So. 2d 222, 14 Fla. L. Weekly 2600, 1989 Fla. App. LEXIS 6317,

Florida Bar v. Wilder

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1989-05-25T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 543 So. 2d 222, 14 Fla. L. Weekly 261, 1989 Fla. LEXIS 483, 1989 WL 55873

Snippet: McDonald, Overton, Shaw 25 May 1989 543 So. 2d 222, 14 Fla. L. Weekly 261, 1989 Fla. LEXIS 483, 1989 WL

Mullins v. Sunshine State Service Corp.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1989-03-23T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 540 So. 2d 222, 14 Fla. L. Weekly 751, 1989 Fla. App. LEXIS 1522, 1989 WL 25342

Snippet: Cobb, Orfinger, Sharp 23 March 1989 540 So. 2d 222, 14 Fla. L. Weekly 751, 1989 Fla. App. LEXIS 1522,

Plymouth Cordage Co. v. Ward

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1967-09-07T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 202 So. 2d 600, 1967 Fla. App. LEXIS 4305

Snippet: in the absence of a situation in which Section 222.14 was applicable. In Slatcoff the pleadings indicated…garnishment. Long before the enactment of Section 222.14 this principal was adopted by the Florida Supreme

Marshall v. Bacon

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1957-10-08T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 97 So. 2d 252

Snippet: their minor child under the provisions of Section 222.14, Florida Statutes, F.S.A. At the outset we are …appellant by virtue of the provisions of Section 222.14, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., which in substance exempts

Slatcoff v. Dezen

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1954-11-18T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 76 So. 2d 792

Snippet: Section 222.14 urged upon us by the appellant herein. Finally, appellant contends that Section 222.14 should…below. Appellant next calls our attention to F.S. § 222.14, F.S.A., which reads as follows: "The cash…to be reached. But appellant urges that Section 222.14 should not be construed to exempt from process

Marsh v. City of Miami

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1935-04-25T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 160 So. 893, 119 Fla. 123, 1935 Fla. LEXIS 944

Snippet: 126 N.W. 826; Brown v. Salt Lake City, 33 Utah 222, 14 L. R. A. (N. S.) 619, 126 Am. St. Rep. 828, 93