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Florida Statute 732.111 - Full Text and Legal Analysis
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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLII
ESTATES AND TRUSTS
Chapter 732
PROBATE CODE: INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS
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732.111 Dower and curtesy abolished.—Dower and curtesy are abolished.
History.—s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 113, ch. 75-220.

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Cases Citing Statute 732.111

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In Re Est. of Donner, 364 So. 2d 742 (Fla. 3d DCA 1978).

Cited 26 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal

...Larna's election to take dower, filed on December 10, 1974, was properly made pursuant to the Probate Code in effect at the time of her husband's death. In Re: Estate of Humphreys, 299 So.2d 595 (Fla. 1974). Under the new Florida Probate Code, effective January 1, 1976, dower is expressly abolished [§ 732.111, Fla....
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Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Child. v. Zrillic, 563 So. 2d 64 (Fla. 1990).

Cited 25 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1990 WL 74588

...For example, the Florida Constitution expressly provides protection in the form of homestead exemptions for real and personal property, art. X, § 4, Fla. Const.; see also §§ 732.401-.4015, Fla. Stat. (1985), and a coverture restriction, art. X, § 5, Fla. Const.; see also § 732.111, Fla....
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Dempsey v. Dempsey, 899 So. 2d 1272 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005).

Cited 10 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2005 WL 954856

...the order determining the Widow's entitlement to the elective share. Appeal dismissed. SILBERMAN, J., and THREADGILL, EDWARD F., Senior Judge, concur. NOTES [1] The elective share is a substitute for dower and curtesy, which have been abolished. See § 732.111, Fla....
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In Re Brand, 251 B.R. 912 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2000).

Cited 5 times | Published | United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Florida. | 13 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. B 287, 44 Collier Bankr. Cas. 2d 1267, 2000 Bankr. LEXIS 939

...Citibank (Arizona) (In re Contractors Equipment Supply Co.), 861 F.2d 241, 244 (9th Cir.1988). In Florida, the right to an elective share is a right of statutory construction. See FLA.STAT. § 732.201 (1999). "The elective share is a substitute for dower and curtesy, which were abolished by Section 732.111, Florida Statutes (1979)." In re Estate of Anderson, 394 So.2d 1146 (Fla....
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In Re Est. of Anderson, 394 So. 2d 1146 (Fla. 4th DCA 1981).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1981 Fla. App. LEXIS 18900

...Appellant seeks to have this court extend the statute to include the personal representative of the estate of a surviving spouse. This was not the intent of the statute. The elective share is a substitute for dower and curtesy, which were abolished by Section 732.111, Florida Statutes (1979)....
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Amendments to Florida Prob. Rules, 807 So. 2d 622 (Fla. 2001).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 26 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 663, 2001 Fla. LEXIS 2009, 2001 WL 1194323

from former rule 5.360(e). Statutory Reference § 732.111 Dower and curtesy abolished.

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