Florida Statute 732.103 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLII
ESTATES AND TRUSTS

Chapter 732
PROBATE CODE: INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS

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F.S. 732.103

732.103 Share of other heirs.—The part of the intestate estate not passing to the surviving spouse under s. 732.102, or the entire intestate estate if there is no surviving spouse, descends as follows:

(1) To the descendants of the decedent.

(2) If there is no descendant, to the decedent’s father and mother equally, or to the survivor of them.

(3) If there is none of the foregoing, to the decedent’s brothers and sisters and the descendants of deceased brothers and sisters.

(4) If there is none of the foregoing, the estate shall be divided, one-half of which shall go to the decedent’s paternal, and the other half to the decedent’s maternal, kindred in the following order:

(a) To the grandfather and grandmother equally, or to the survivor of them.

(b) If there is no grandfather or grandmother, to uncles and aunts and descendants of deceased uncles and aunts of the decedent.

(c) If there is either no paternal kindred or no maternal kindred, the estate shall go to the other kindred who survive, in the order stated above.

(5) If there is no kindred of either part, the whole of the property shall go to the kindred of the last deceased spouse of the decedent as if the deceased spouse had survived the decedent and then died intestate entitled to the estate.

(6) If none of the foregoing, and if any of the descendants of the decedent’s great-grandparents were Holocaust victims as defined in s. 626.9543(3)(a), including such victims in countries cooperating with the discriminatory policies of Nazi Germany, then to the descendants of the great-grandparents. The court shall allow any such descendant to meet a reasonable, not unduly restrictive, standard of proof to substantiate his or her lineage. This subsection only applies to escheated property and shall cease to be effective for proceedings filed after December 31, 2004.

History.—s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 8, ch. 75-220; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 16, ch. 2001-226; s. 145, ch. 2004-390; s. 102, ch. 2006-1; s. 6, ch. 2007-74.

Note.—Created from former s. 731.23.

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Cases Citing Statute 732.103

Total Results: 20

In Re: Amendments to Florida Probate Rules

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-07-03

Snippet: Waiver and consent by interested person. § 732.103, Fla. Stat. Share of other heirs. § 732.104

Donna Fuentes v. Irene C. Link, etc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-06-19

Snippet: estate passes to the descendants of the decedent. § 732.103(1), Fla. Stat.

DR. MARC BIVINS v. CHARLES W. DOUGLAS, etc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2021-10-20

Snippet: thus, cannot claim any interest in the Trust. §§ 732.103, 732.104, Fla. Stat.; Estate of Tim, 180 So. 2d

In Re: Amendments to the Florida Probate Rules - 2020 Fast-Track Report

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2021-02-18

Snippet: estate pursuant to section 732.102 or section 732.103, Florida Statutes, may by affidavit request distribution

In Re: Amendments to the Florida Probate Rules - 2020 Fast-Track Report

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2020-12-31

Snippet: estate pursuant to section 732.102 or section 732.103, Florida Statutes, may by affidavit request distribution

Eddie Dorsey, a/k/a Eddie Dorsey, Jr., Audrey Dorsey, Cynthia Riggins, Johnnie Mae Dorsey, James Dorsey, Lillie Dorsey a/k/a Lillie Ruth Dorsey v. Franklin Robinson, Josephine Robinson, and Mary Thompson

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2019-04-05

Citation: 270 So. 3d 462

Snippet: surviving spouse have any surviving descendants); § 732.103, Fla. Stat. (2016) (setting forth the share of

Rocke v. American Research Bureau

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2015-11-06

Snippet: intestate succession plan pursuant to section 732.103, Florida Statutes (2006). Ms. Rocke then initiated

Ciungu v. Bulea

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2015-03-18

Citation: 162 So. 3d 290, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 3865, 2015 WL 1223697

Snippet: intestacy to her children as tenants in common. See §§ 732.103, 732.104, Fla. Stat. (2003). The probate court

Stockinger v. Zeilberger

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2014-11-19

Citation: 152 So. 3d 71, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 18950, 2014 WL 6465244

Snippet: half-sisters,1 and therefore, pursuant to section 732.103, Florida Statutes (2011),2 they are each entitled

Aldrich v. Basile

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2014-03-27

Citation: 136 So. 3d 530, 39 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 159, 2014 WL 1240073, 2014 Fla. LEXIS 1027

Snippet: through the intestacy statute. See §§ 732.102, 732.103, Fla. Stat. Further, section 732.6005(2) states

Lee v. Estate Payne

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2013-09-18

Citation: 148 So. 3d 776, 2013 WL 5225200, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 14822

Snippet: Florida property under the laws of intestacy. See § 732.103 (providing that if there is no surviving spouse

Long v. Willis

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2011-08-17

Citation: 100 So. 3d 4, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 12877, 2011 WL 3587411

Snippet: only legal heirs for purposes of intestacy. See § 732.103, Fla. Stat. (2009). Robin Willis, Mr. Long’s sister

Estate of Shefner v. Shefner-Holden

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2009-02-11

Citation: 2 So. 3d 1076, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 1042, 2009 WL 322153

Snippet: property under the laws of intestacy. §§ 731.201(18), 732.103(1), Fla. Stat. (2003); Snyder v. Davis, 699 So

Balboni v. LaROCQUE

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2008-10-01

Citation: 991 So. 2d 993, 2008 WL 4414240

Snippet: decedent's lineal descendants per stirpes. See §§ 732.103, 732.104, Fla. Stat. (2006). Accordingly, in the

INGER SOFE SAVAS BERKOW v. Isaevna

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2008-06-25

Citation: 983 So. 2d 1242, 2008 Fla. App. LEXIS 9435

Snippet: above them in the statutory hierarchy had died, § 732.103, Fla. Stat. (2004), arguably entitling them to

Phillips v. Hirshon

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2007-05-02

Citation: 958 So. 2d 425, 2007 WL 1263475

Snippet: ")(internal citation omitted); §§ 732.101(1), 732.103(1), 732.104, Fla. Stat. (2003)("Any part of the

Arthur v. Milstein

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2007-02-28

Citation: 949 So. 2d 1163, 2007 WL 602630

Snippet: in accordance with section 732.103 of the probate code. Under section 732.103, the lineal descendants of

Glover v. Miller

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2007-01-31

Citation: 947 So. 2d 1254, 2007 WL 247899

Snippet: succession are his parents or the survivor of them. § 732.103, Fla. Stat. (2006). Where children are adopted

Faskowitz v. Department of Legal Affairs

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2006-03-31

Citation: 941 So. 2d 390, 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 4671, 2006 WL 824566

Snippet: is inconsistent with the provisions of section 732.103, Florida Statutes (1999), concerning the descent

Engelke v. Estate of Engelke

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2006-02-08

Citation: 921 So. 2d 693, 2006 WL 436053

Snippet: categorized in the intestacy statute, section 732.103, Florida Statutes. Id. at 1000. We note that in