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Florida Statute 732.106 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 732.106 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 732.106 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
732.106 Afterborn heirs.Heirs of the decedent conceived before his or her death, but born thereafter, inherit intestate property as if they had been born in the decedent’s lifetime.
History.s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 10, ch. 75-220; s. 6, ch. 77-87; s. 952, ch. 97-102.
Note.Created from former s. 731.11.

Cases Citing F.S. 732.106

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·Saunders v. Saunders, 796 So. 2d 1253 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2001 WL 1230260

...construction beyond giving effect to the plain meaning of the statutory words. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Huntington Nat'l Bank, 609 So.2d 1315, 1317 (Fla. 1992); Holly v. Auld, 450 So.2d 217, 219 (Fla.1984). Applying that standard here, we find section 732.106(2) to be clear and unambiguous....
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Cited "but see"Wing (2013)
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Cited as authority(citing case) (2023)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Review deniedCuevas (2004)
phrase: "review denied"
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Stephen v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec., 386 F. Supp. 2d 1257 (M.D. Fla. 2005).

Cited 1 times | Published | District Court, M.D. Florida | 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20129, 2005 WL 2210651

...eritance law in effect at the time of the insured's death was later declared unconstitutional, we will apply the State law which superseded the unconstitutional law. [8] This case does not involve an "afterborn heir" within the meaning of Fla. Stat. § 732.106....
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·Kathleen Steele v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec. (11th Cir. 2022).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

...ational level down the applicable individual’s descending line and includes children, grandchildren, and more remote descendants.” Florida’s probate code also contains a section titled, “Afterborn heirs.” Fla. Stat. § 732.106....
...This section states that afterborn heirs are “[h]eirs of the decedent conceived before his or her death, but born thereafter,” and “inherit intestate property as if they had been born in the dece- dent’s lifetime.” Id. (emphasis added). As the parties agree, section 732.106 does not apply to P.S.S....
..., providing no right to inherit the decedent’s property intestate. Indeed, the provision of Florida’s probate code concerning afterborn heirs only addresses children conceived before the decedent’s death. See Fla. Stat. § 732.106....
...An- other provision, Florida Statute § 732.108(2), applies to “persons born out of wedlock,” but it is unclear to us if any of the requirements within this statute apply to posthumously conceived children, especially because Florida Statute § 732.106 specifically defines “afterborn heirs” (and excludes posthumously conceived children from that definition). USCA11 Case: 20-11656 Date Filed: 10/12/2022 Page: 13 of 14 RESTRICTED 20-11656...
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Kathleen Steele v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec. (Fla. 2024).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...Steele’s will, refers most naturally to children born after his will was drafted but conceived before his death, i.e., when the dispositional portions of the will -9- create vested rights. See § 732.514, Fla. Stat. (2019); see also § 732.106, Fla....

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