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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. 222.18

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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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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2014-02-12

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).

Castro v. Hidalgo

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2012-10-17

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: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2008-05-01

Citation: 982 So. 2d 628, 33 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 268, 2008 Fla. LEXIS 755, 2008 WL 1901686

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

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

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2005-03-30

Citation: 899 So. 2d 396, 2005 WL 713246

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

Goldenberg v. Sawczak

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2001-05-03

Citation: 791 So. 2d 1078, 2001 WL 469074

Snippet: (1927). [7] In Zuckerman, we construed section 222.18, Florida Statutes (1991), which exempts disability

Parl v. Parl

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1997-09-03

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

Zuckerman v. Hofrichter & Quiat, P.A.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1996-05-01

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: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1994-12-01

Citation: 646 So. 2d 187, 19 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 634, 1994 Fla. LEXIS 1869, 1994 WL 668138

Snippet: fall within the exemption delineated in section 222.18, Florida Statutes (1991), even when such benefits

DONALD S. ZUCKERMAN v. Hofrichter & Quiat

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1993-12-07

Citation: 629 So. 2d 218, 1993 WL 500881

Snippet: proceeds were exempt from garnishment by Section 222.18, Florida Statutes (1991) which provides that "[d]isability

Zuckerman v. Hofrichter & Quiat, P.A.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1993-01-12

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1985-10-16

Citation: 476 So. 2d 1357, 10 Fla. L. Weekly 2384

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

Ago

Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1975-02-20

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

Fegers Et Vir. v. Pompano Farms, Inc.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1932-01-27

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: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1904-06-15

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 the