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Florida Statute 731.102 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 731.102 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 731.102 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
731.102 Construction against implied repeal.This code is intended as unified coverage of its subject matter. No part of it shall be impliedly repealed by subsequent legislation if that construction can reasonably be avoided.
History.s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 2, ch. 75-220.

Cases Citing F.S. 731.102

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·Hill v. Davis, 70 So. 3d 572 (Fla. 2011).

Cited 12 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 36 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 487, 2011 Fla. LEXIS 2048, 2011 WL 3847252

...and section 733.212, which governs the filing of objections, are contained within the Florida Probate Code (chapters 731-735, Florida Statutes). The Florida Probate Code constitutes a unified statutory scheme intended to govern all probate matters—section 731.102, Florida Statutes (2007), expressly states that the probate code "is intended as unified coverage of its subject matter." § 731.102, Fla....
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·Interstate Fire & Cas. Co. v. Abernathy, 93 So. 3d 352 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2012 WL 1883116, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 8278

...on determinable contingencies."); Md.Code Ann., Ins. § 1-101(s) (West 2011) (Insurance is "a contract to indemnify or to pay or provide a specified or determinable amount or benefit on the occurrence of a determinable contingency.”); Or.Rev.Stat. § 731.102(1) (2011) ("Insurance” means "a contract whereby one undertakes to indemnify another or pay or allow a specified or ascertainable amount or benefit upon determinable risk contingencies.”)....
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·Juega v. Davidson, 105 So. 3d 575 (Fla. 3d DCA 2012).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2012 WL 6601969, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 21700

...a case such as this. Juega correctly argues that the Probate Code is, in this case, inapplicable. As the Florida Supreme Court has stated, “[t]he Florida Probate Code constitutes a unified statutory scheme intended to govern all probate matters— section 731.102, Florida Statutes (2007), expressly states that the probate code ⅛ intended as unified coverage of its subject matter.’ ” Hill v. Davis, 70 So.3d 572 (quoting § 731.102, Fla....
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·Baillargeon v. Sewell, 33 So. 3d 130 (Fla. 2d DCA 2010).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 5965, 2010 WL 1727842

...1969) ("It is apodictic that the administration of estates of decedents is a matter which is within the power of the legislature to prescribe."). With the enactment of the Code, the legislature has exercised its prerogatives by adopting a comprehensive framework for the administration of decedent's estates. See § 731.102 ("This code is intended as unified coverage of its subject matter.")....
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·Cohen v. Shushan, 212 So. 3d 1113 (Fla. 2d DCA 2017).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2017 WL 1018422, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 3430

...They don’t have to get divorced.” After hearing legal arguments from counsel, the probate court entered its Order Determining Beneficiaries on September 11, 2015, in which it determined that Ms. Shushan was the late Mr. Cohen’s surviving spouse under section 731.102....
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