Florida Statute 222.18 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XV
HOMESTEAD AND EXEMPTIONS

Chapter 222
METHOD OF SETTING APART HOMESTEAD AND EXEMPTIONS

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F.S. 222.18

222.18 Exempting disability income benefits from legal processes.—Disability income benefits under any policy or contract of life, health, accident, or other insurance of whatever form, shall not in any case be liable to attachment, garnishment, or legal process in the state, in favor of any creditor or creditors of the recipient of such disability income benefits, unless such policy or contract of insurance was effected for the benefit of such creditor or creditors.

History.—s. 1, ch. 20741, 1941.

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Amendments to 222.18

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 222.18

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 222.18.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 222.18

Total Results: 14

Montes v. Mastec North America, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2014-02-12T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 132 So. 3d 1195, 2014 WL 538774, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 1849

Snippet: usually required under state law in Florida.” . § 222.18, Fla. Stat. (2001). No. 3D12-2622 District

Castro v. Hidalgo

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2012-10-17T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 100 So. 3d 1180, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 18081, 2012 WL 4898017

Snippet: and such a designation is permitted under section 222.18(1), Florida Statutes (2010). We have previously

Arnold, Matheny, Pa v. First Am. Holdings

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

Citation: 982 So. 2d 628

Snippet: Stat. (2007); disability income benefits, see § 222.18, Fla. Stat. (2007); firefighters pension benefits

Grau v. Provident Life and Acc. Ins. Co.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2005-03-30T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 899 So. 2d 396

Snippet: entirely exempt from his creditors under section 222.18, Florida Statutes (1998), but instead classified

Goldenberg v. Sawczak

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

Citation: 791 So. 2d 1078

Snippet: (1927). [7] In Zuckerman, we construed section 222.18, Florida Statutes (1991), which exempts disability…process. See Zuckerman, 646 So.2d at 188. Section 222.18 contained the words, "of whatever form"

Parl v. Parl

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1997-09-03T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 699 So. 2d 765, 1997 Fla. App. LEXIS 10096, 1997 WL 537056

Snippet: garnishment is governed by Florida Statutes section 222.18, entitled “Exempting disability income from legal…are still subject to the protections of section 222.18 following payment to the beneficiary. In Broward….1997), applying the Broward analysis to section 222.18.2 Accordingly, we hold that the statutory exemption…exemption for disability benefits, provided by section 222.18, operates not only to protect such benefits in …exemption may not be waived. . Indeed, with section 222.18, there is not even the necessity of overcoming

Zuckerman v. Hofrichter & Quiat, P.A.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1996-05-01T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 672 So. 2d 888, 1996 Fla. App. LEXIS 4558, 1996 WL 210878

Snippet: debtor was exempt from garnishment under section 222.18, Florida Statutes (1991), plainly required the

Zuckerman v. HOFRICHTER & QUIAT, PA

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1994-11-30T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 646 So. 2d 187

Snippet: fall within the exemption delineated in section 222.18, Florida Statutes (1991), even when such benefits… lump sum and pursuant to a settlement. Section 222.18 reads as follows: Disability income benefits under…Zuckerman's assertion and find that section 222.18 is controlling. We need not resort to rules of … of Revenue, 365 So.2d 687 (Fla. 1978). Section 222.18 expressly reads that disability income benefits…these words leads us to conclude that the section 222.18 exemption is not contingent upon the form of payment

DONALD S. ZUCKERMAN v. Hofrichter & Quiat

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1993-12-06T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 629 So. 2d 218

Snippet: proceeds were exempt from garnishment by Section 222.18, Florida Statutes (1991) which provides that "…benefits" exempt from garnishment under Section 222.18. The compromise and settlement agreement between

Zuckerman v. Hofrichter & Quiat, P.A.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1993-01-12T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 622 So. 2d 1, 1993 Fla. App. LEXIS 69, 1993 WL 5678

Snippet: statutorily exempt from garnishment pursuant to section 222.18, Florida Statutes (1991).* The court allocated

Crotts v. Bankers & Shippers Ins. Co.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1985-10-16T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 476 So. 2d 1357

Snippet: The legal question involved the effect of section 222.18, Florida Statutes (1983), which exempts disability

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1975-02-19T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: valid loss of time coverage. . . ." See also s.222.18, id., exempting "disability income benefits

Fegers Et Vir. v. Pompano Farms, Inc.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1932-01-27T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 139 So. 201, 104 Fla. 123

Snippet: Wisconsin in the case of Ford vs. Smith, 60 Wisc. 222, 18 N.W. 925. For the reasons stated, the orders and

Indian River Manufacturing Co. v. Wooten

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1904-06-15T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 48 Fla. 271

Snippet: Detroit, 12 Mich. 445; Davis v. Rogers, 33 Me. 222; 18 Ency. of Pl. & Pr. 799. It also appears from