Florida Statute 731.110 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

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Title XLII
ESTATES AND TRUSTS

Chapter 731
PROBATE CODE: GENERAL PROVISIONS

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F.S. 731.110

731.110 Caveat; proceedings.—

(1) Any interested person who is apprehensive that an estate, either testate or intestate, will be administered or that a will may be admitted to probate without that person’s knowledge may file a caveat with the court. The caveat of the interested person, other than a creditor, may be filed before or after the death of the person for whom the estate will be, or is being, administered. The caveat of a creditor may be filed only after the person’s death.

(2) If the caveator is a nonresident and is not represented by an attorney admitted to practice in this state who has signed the caveat, the caveator must designate some person residing in the county in which the caveat is filed as the agent of the caveator, upon whom service may be made; however, if the caveator is represented by an attorney admitted to practice in this state who has signed the caveat, it is not necessary to designate a resident agent.

(3) If a caveat has been filed by an interested person other than a creditor, the court may not admit a will of the decedent to probate or appoint a personal representative until formal notice of the petition for administration has been served on the caveator or the caveator’s designated agent and the caveator has had the opportunity to participate in proceedings on the petition, as provided by the Florida Probate Rules. This subsection does not require a caveator to be served with formal notice of its own petition for administration.

(4) A caveat filed before the death of the person for whom the estate will be administered expires 2 years after filing.

History.—s. 3, ch. 75-220; s. 2, ch. 77-87; s. 1, ch. 85-79; s. 2, ch. 92-200; s. 948, ch. 97-102; s. 9, ch. 2001-226; s. 2, ch. 2007-74; s. 3, ch. 2010-132; s. 5, ch. 2013-172.

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Cases Citing Statute 731.110

Total Results: 20

HENRY TIEN v. IN RE: ESTATE OF PAUL SHU TIEN

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2021-11-17

Snippet: So. 3d 377, 381 (Fla. 3d DCA 2012); see also § 731.110, Fla. Stat. (2021); Fla. Prob. R. 5.260(f). Hence

Crescenzo v. Simpson

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-03-09

Citation: 239 So. 3d 213

Snippet: Fla. Stat. (2016) ; Fla. Prob. R. 5.270. Section 731.110, Florida Statutes (2016), governs the filing of

WILLIAM CRESCENZO v. IRENE SIMPSON, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HERMINIA M. QUINONES ESTATE

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-03-09

Snippet: (2016); Fla. Prob. R. 5.270. Section 731.110, Florida Statutes (2016), governs the filing of

In re Amendments to the Florida Probate Rules

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2013-11-27

Citation: 131 So. 3d 717, 38 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 868, 2013 WL 6223207, 2013 Fla. LEXIS 2608

Snippet: 260(f) conforms the rule to the change to section 731.110(3), Florida Statutes (2012) made by chapter 2013-172

Rocca v. BOYANSKY

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2012-02-01

Citation: 80 So. 3d 377, 2012 WL 280752, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 1339

Snippet: section 731.110(3) of the Florida Probate Code and Florida Probate Rule 5.260(f). Section 731.110(3), Florida

In Re Amendments to the Florida Probate Rules

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2011-07-07

Citation: 67 So. 3d 1035, 36 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 413, 2011 Fla. LEXIS 1575, 2011 WL 2637455

Snippet: the requirement had been deleted from section 731.110, Florida Statutes by chapter 2010-132, section

In re Amendments to the Florida Probate Rules

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2010-12-09

Citation: 51 So. 3d 1146, 35 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 719, 2010 Fla. LEXIS 2082, 2010 WL 4977543

Snippet: 6, 14, 19, Laws of Fla. (amending §§ 655.935, 731.110, 732.2125, 733.2123 Fla. Stat.; providing effective

Amendments to the Florida Probate Rules

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2003-06-19

Citation: 848 So. 2d 1069, 28 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 495, 2003 Fla. LEXIS 1063, 2003 WL 21402500

Snippet: subdivision (b) to implement 1992 amendment to section 731.110(2), Florida Statutes. Editorial changes. Citation

In Re Estate of Hartman

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2002-12-27

Citation: 836 So. 2d 1038, 2002 WL 31875009

Snippet: read in conjunction with rule 5.260 and section 731.110, Florida Statutes (2000). These provisions govern

Tillman v. Clibbon

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1998-06-24

Citation: 735 So. 2d 487, 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 7501

Snippet: caveat which will entitle them to receive notice. § 731.110, Fla. Stat. (1995). If appellants had availed themselves

In Re Estate of Clibbon

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1998-06-24

Citation: 735 So. 2d 487, 1998 WL 329492

Snippet: caveat which will entitle them to receive notice. § 731.110, Fla. Stat. (1995). If appellants had availed themselves

Baptist Hosp. of Miami, Inc. v. Carter

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1995-06-21

Citation: 658 So. 2d 560, 1995 WL 366678

Snippet: division of the circuit court in accord with section 731.110, Florida Statutes (1989) and Florida Probate Rule

Durocher v. Singletary

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1993-08-12

Citation: 623 So. 2d 482, 1993 WL 314984

Snippet: Fla. 1990); see Demosthenes v. Baal, 495 U.S. 731, 110 S.Ct. 2223, 109 L.Ed.2d 762 (1990). CCR has not

In re Amendments to the Florida Probate Rules

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1992-09-24

Citation: 607 So. 2d 1306, 17 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 636, 1992 Fla. LEXIS 1622, 1992 WL 249483

Snippet: 5.260 to conform to sections 733.202(2)(b) and 731.110(2) of the Florida Statutes (1991), as amended by

De Bueno v. Castro

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1989-05-17

Citation: 543 So. 2d 393, 1989 WL 50226

Snippet: Fraccacreta. See also Smith v. Shackleford, 92 Fla. 731, 110 So. 358 (1926); Tatum Land Co. v. Marjohn Realty

Florida Bar

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1988-09-29

Citation: 537 So. 2d 500, 13 Fla. L. Weekly 601, 1988 Fla. LEXIS 1463, 1988 WL 143178

Snippet: in committee notes. Statutory References F.S. 731.110 Caveat; proceedings. F.S. 733.203(1) Notice; when

Florida Bar

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1988-09-29

Citation: 531 So. 2d 1261, 13 Fla. L. Weekly 601, 1988 Fla. LEXIS 1475, 1988 WL 53983

Snippet: in committee notes. Statutory References F.S. 731.110 Caveat; proceedings. F.S. 733.203(1) Notice; when

Posner de Mildenberg v. Grancolombiana Corporacion Financiera, S.A.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1986-07-08

Citation: 492 So. 2d 1093, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 1496, 1986 Fla. App. LEXIS 8732

Snippet: caveats filed by the respondents pursuant to section 731.110, Florida Statutes (1983), are ample protection

Florida Bar re Amendment to Rules

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1984-09-13

Citation: 458 So. 2d 1079, 9 Fla. L. Weekly 401, 1984 Fla. LEXIS 3390

Snippet: Committee notes revised. Statutory References F.S. 731.110 Caveat; proceedings. F.S. 733.203(1) Notice; when

A.M. Shandloff, Inc. v. Richter

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1984-01-24

Citation: 445 So. 2d 358, 1984 Fla. App. LEXIS 11528

Snippet: of the parties. Smith v. Shackleford, 92 Fla. 731, 110 So. 358 (1926); Rushing v. Garrett, 375 So.2d