CopyCited 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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CopyCited 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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CopyCited 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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Cited as authorityFERNANDEZ (2024)phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authorityBloom (2017)phrase: "rule_authority"
CopyCited 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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Cited as authorityIn re Whitt (2015)phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authorityIn Re Miller (2010)phrase: "rule_authority"
CopyCited 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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Cited as authorityIn Re Brand (2000)phrase: "rule_authority"
