732.104
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
Snyder v. Davis (1997)
“" § 732.104, Fla. Stat. (1993). Because Milo Snyder survived, Kelli Snyder is not an intestate "heir" of her grandmother.”
Lewis v. Green (1980)
“(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 (2008)
“Thornton (and her descendants, if any, see § 732.104, Fla. Stat. (2000) (“Descent shall be per stirpes .”
Davis v. Snyder (1996)
“" § 732.104, Fla. Stat. (1993). Because Milo Snyder survived, Kelli Snyder is not an intestate "heir" of her grandmother.”
In Re Estate of Hinterleiter (1997)
“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 Probate Rules (2024)
“§ 732.104, Fla. Stat. Inheritance per stirpes.”
Lorene Murphy v. Alexa Spinoso (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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