CopyCited 6 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2013 WL 6171299, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 18792
...Martin’s estate to Carolina Cody. Likewise, the probate court’s determination of beneficiaries, and particularly the determination that Carolina Cody should be a beneficiary of Mr. Martin’s estate, is unsupported by any finding by the probate court that section 732.105, Florida Statutes, should apply. Section 732.105 allows the determination of beneficiaries “when property passes by intestate succession or when the will is unclear and there is doubt about: (a) who is entitled to receive any part of the property, or (b) the shares and amounts that any person is entitled to receive.” See also Fla....
CopyCited 6 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 2005 WL 2155180
...s the following family members: the surviving spouse, the lineal descendants, the decedent's mother or father or both, the decedent's brothers and sisters, and then the descendents of the brothers and sisters. Petitioners are McKean's half brothers. Section 732.105, Florida Statutes (2004), provides: When property descends to the collateral kindred of the intestate and part of the collateral kindred are of the whole blood to the intestate and the other part of the half blood, those of the half b...
