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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XL
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
Chapter 710
TRANSFERS TO MINORS
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710.111 Manner of creating custodial property and effecting transfer; designation of initial custodian; control.
(1) Custodial property is created and a transfer is made whenever:
(a) An uncertificated security or a certificated security in registered form is either:
1. Registered in the name of the transferor, an adult other than the transferor, or a trust company, followed in substance by the words: “as custodian for   (name of minor)   under the Florida Uniform Transfers to Minors Act”; or
2. Delivered if in certificated form, or any document necessary for the transfer of an uncertificated security is delivered, together with any necessary endorsement to an adult other than the transferor or to a trust company as custodian, accompanied by an instrument in substantially the form set forth in subsection (2);
(b) Money is paid or delivered to a broker or financial institution for credit to an account in the name of the transferor, an adult other than the transferor, or a trust company, followed in substance by the words: “as custodian for   (name of minor)   under the Florida Uniform Transfers to Minors Act”;
(c) The ownership of a life or endowment insurance policy or annuity contract is either:
1. Registered with the issuer in the name of the transferor, an adult other than the transferor, or a trust company, followed in substance by the words: “as custodian for   (name of minor)   under the Florida Uniform Transfers to Minors Act”; or
2. Assigned in a writing delivered to an adult other than the transferor or to a trust company whose name in the assignment is followed in substance by the words: “as custodian for   (name of minor)   under the Florida Uniform Transfers to Minors Act”;
(d) An irrevocable exercise of a power of appointment or an irrevocable present right to future payment under a contract is the subject of a written notification delivered to the payor, issuer, or other obligor that the right is transferred to the transferor, an adult other than the transferor, or a trust company, whose name in the notification is followed in substance by the words: “as custodian for   (name of minor)   under the Florida Uniform Transfers to Minors Act”;
(e) An interest in real property is recorded in the name of the transferor, an adult other than the transferor, or a trust company, followed in substance by the words: “as custodian for   (name of minor)   under the Florida Uniform Transfers to Minors Act”;
(f) A certificate of title issued by a department or agency of a state or of the United States which evidences title to tangible personal property is either:
1. Issued in the name of the transferor, an adult other than the transferor, or a trust company, followed in substance by the words: “as custodian for   (name of minor)   under the Florida Uniform Transfers to Minors Act”; or
2. Delivered to an adult other than the transferor or to a trust company, endorsed to that person followed in substance by the words: “as custodian for   (name of minor)   under the Florida Uniform Transfers to Minors Act”; or
(g) An interest in any property not described in paragraphs (a)-(f) is transferred to an adult other than the transferor or to a trust company by a written instrument in substantially the form set forth in subsection (2).
(2) An instrument in the following form satisfies the requirements of subparagraph (1)(a)2. and paragraph (1)(g):

TRANSFER UNDER THE FLORIDA
UNIFORM TRANSFERS TO MINORS ACT

I,   (name of transferor or name and representative capacity if a fiduciary)   hereby transfer to   (name of custodian)  , as custodian for   (name of minor)   under the Florida Uniform Transfers to Minors Act, the following:   (insert a description of the custodial property sufficient to identify it)  .

Dated:  

  (signature)  

  (name of custodian)   acknowledges receipt of the property described above as custodian for the minor named above under the Florida Uniform Transfers to Minors Act.

Dated:  

  (signature of custodian)  

(3) A transferor shall place the custodian in control of the custodial property as soon as practicable.
History.s. 1, ch. 85-95.

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In re Kirk, 381 B.R. 800 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2007).

Published | United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida | 2007 Bankr. LEXIS 4483, 2007 WL 4878916

...The Debtor and her daughter, by the ownership designation “Laura N Kirk or Bethany M Kirk,” own the Vehicle as joint tenants. Fla. Stat. § 319.22 (2)(a)(l); In re Daugherty at 740 . 3 *803 The Debtor’s position is contradictory to Fla. Stat. Section 710.111(l)(f), which specifically allows for the titling of tangible personal property as custodial property....
...mpany, followed in substance by the words: ‘as custodian for {name of minor) under the Florida Uniform Transfers to Minors Act....’ 4 The Certificate of Title does not reflect the Vehicle was intended to be held as custodial property pursuant to Section 710.111(l)(f)....
...No exemption is claimed in Schedule C for the Accord. . The Bankruptcy Court in Daugherty rejected the debtor's argument she had only bare legal title in a vehicle her husband purchased which was titled jointly in their names using the disjunctive "or.” . A transfer made pursuant to Section 710.111 is irrevocable and the custodial property is indefeasibly vested in the minor....
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In Re Distefano, 442 B.R. 146 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2010).

Published | United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Florida. | 22 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. B 635, 2010 Bankr. LEXIS 4620

...He paid in full with no financing, had no financial assistance from the Debtor to make the purchases, and titled all three vehicles in the Debtor's name with no custodial notation that the Debtor was titular owner for the benefit of her daughters. Section 710.111 of the Florida Statutes provides that custodial property is created and a transfer is made whenever: A certificate of title issued by a department or agency of a state or of the United States which evidences title to tangible personal property is either: 1....
...[10] Conclusion I find that the three Hyundai vehicles listed as "exempt" on Schedule C (and subsequently listed as belonging to Mr. Fonseco on the amended Statement of Financial Affairs) are property of this bankruptcy estate because: (1) Fla. Stat. 710.111 requires custodial property to be titled in the name of the parent, "as custodian for (name of minor) under the Florida Uniform Transfers to Minors Act;" (2) there is insufficient evidence to rebut the presumption of ownership created by the...
...It is accordingly ORDERED that the Trustee's objection at ECF No. 14 is SUSTAINED and the three vehicles are determined to be non-exempt property of this bankruptcy estate. ORDERED. NOTES [1] See [ECF No. 1], at 12. [2] See [ECF No. 17], at 5. [3] Fla. Stat. 710.111(1)(f)....

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