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Fla. Stat. § 732.104 (2025)

Inheritance per stirpes.

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732.104 Inheritance per stirpes.—Descent shall be per stirpes, whether to descendants or to collateral heirs.
History.—s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 9, ch. 75-220; s. 7, ch. 2007-74.
Note.—Created from former s. 731.25.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1980–2026 · leading case: Snyder v. Davis, 699 So. 2d 999 (Fla. 1997).
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Snyder v. Davis, 699 So. 2d 999 (Fla. 1997). · cites it 4× “" § 732.104, Fla. Stat. (1993). Because Milo Snyder survived, Kelli Snyder is not an intestate "heir" of her grandmother.”
Lewis v. Green, 389 So. 2d 235 (Fla. 5th DCA 1980). · cites it 4× “(1979); § 732.104, Fla. Stat. (1979). Beulah's fractional share of the trust income (1/8th plus 1/3rd of Lizette's 1/4th) should have been shared equally by her two surviving children, Rose Mae Francis Lewis Neville and William G.”
Clemons v. Thornton, 993 So. 2d 1054 (Fla. 1st DCA 2008). · cites it 2× “Thornton (and her descendants, if any, see § 732.104, Fla. Stat. (2000) (“Descent shall be per stirpes .”
Davis v. Snyder, 681 So. 2d 1191 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996). · cites it 2× “" § 732.104, Fla. Stat. (1993). Because Milo Snyder survived, Kelli Snyder is not an intestate "heir" of her grandmother.”
In Re Est. of Hinterleiter, 692 So. 2d 234 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997). · cites it 2× “AHCA points to section 732.104, Florida Statutes (1995), which provides that "[d]escent shall be per stirpes, whether to lineal descendants or to collateral heirs.”
In Re: Amendments to Florida Prob. Rules (Fla. 2024). · cites it 2× “§ 732.104, Fla. Stat. Inheritance per stirpes.”
Lorene Murphy v. Alexa Spinoso (Del. Ch. 2026). “28 See Fla. Stat. Ann. § 732.104 (West) (stating intestate estates are distributed per stirpes); Per Stirpes, BLACK’S LAW DICTIONARY (12th ed.”
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