Florida Statute 222.20 | 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. 222.20

222.20 Nonavailability of federal bankruptcy exemptions.—In accordance with the provision of s. 522(b) of the Bankruptcy Code of 1978 (11 U.S.C. s. 522(b)), residents of this state shall not be entitled to the federal exemptions provided in s. 522(d) of the Bankruptcy Code of 1978 (11 U.S.C. s. 522(d)). Nothing herein shall affect the exemptions given to residents of this state by the State Constitution and the Florida Statutes.

History.—s. 1, ch. 79-363.

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Cases Citing Statute 222.20

Total Results: 6

Osborne v. Dumoulin

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2011-02-03

Citation: 55 So. 3d 577, 36 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 43, 2011 Fla. LEXIS 291, 2011 WL 320986

Snippet: U.S.C. § 522(b). Florida has done so in section 222.20, Florida Statutes.[3] Accordingly, when a Florida

Rudderman v. Rudderman

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2005-01-28

Citation: 891 So. 2d 639, 2005 Fla. App. LEXIS 649, 2005 WL 176621

Snippet: the former wife. To equalize these amounts, $3,222.20 would need to be subtracted from the former husband’s

Goldenberg v. Sawczak

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

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

Snippet: 522(b) (1994). Florida, by virtue of section *1081 222.20, Florida Statutes (1995), has opted out of the

Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Poole

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1941-07-31

Citation: 3 So. 2d 385, 147 Fla. 686

Snippet: Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. Wilkinson, 13 Wall. 222, 20 L.Ed. 617; American Life Insurance Co. v. Mahone

Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance v. Williams

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1936-03-30

Citation: 167 So. 12, 123 Fla. 560, 1936 Fla. LEXIS 1013

Snippet: Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. Wilkinson, 13 Wall. 222, 20 L. Ed. 617; American Life Insurance Co. v. Mahone

State ex rel. Lamar v. Jacksonville Terminal Co.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1899-06-15

Citation: 41 Fla. 377

Snippet: 102; State ex rel. George v. Aiken, 42 S. C. 222, 20 S. E. Rep. 221. The power to provide remedies,