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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLII
ESTATES AND TRUSTS

Chapter 732
PROBATE CODE: INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS

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F.S. 732.2155

732.2155 Effective date; effect of prior waivers; transition rules.—

(1) Sections 732.201-732.2155 are effective on October 1, 1999, for all decedents dying on or after October 1, 2001. The law in effect prior to October 1, 1999, applies to decedents dying before October 1, 2001.

(2) Nothing in ss. 732.201-732.2155 modifies or applies to the rights of spouses under chapter 61.

(3) A waiver of elective share rights before the effective date of this section which is otherwise in compliance with the requirements of s. 732.702 is a waiver of all rights under ss. 732.201-732.2145.

(4) Notwithstanding anything in s. 732.2045(1)(a) to the contrary, any trust created by the decedent before the effective date of ss. 732.201-732.2145 that meets the requirements of an elective share trust is treated as if the decedent created the trust after the effective date of these sections and in satisfaction of the elective share.

(5) Sections 732.201-732.2155 do not affect any interest in contracts entered into for adequate consideration in money or money’s worth before October 1, 1999, to the extent that the contract was irrevocable at all times from October 1, 1999, until the date of the decedent’s death.

(6) Sections 732.201-732.2155 do not affect any interest in property held, as of the decedent’s death, in a trust, whether revocable or irrevocable, if:

(a) The property was an asset of the trust at all times between October 1, 1999, and the date of the decedent’s death;

(b) The decedent was not married to the decedent’s surviving spouse when the property was transferred to the trust; and

History.—s. 15, ch. 99-343; s. 30, ch. 2001-226.

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Cases Citing Statute 732.2155

Total Results: 14

In Re: Amendments to Florida Probate Rules

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2024-07-03T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: -6- §§ 732.201–732.2155, Fla. Stat. Elective share of surviving spouse

In RE: AMENDMENTS TO the FLORIDA PROBATE RULES-2018 FAST-TRACK REPORT.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2018-09-27T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 253 So. 3d 983

Snippet: appointment of guardian advocate. §§ 732.201-732.2155, Fla. Stat. Elective share of surviving spouse

Lee v. Estate Payne

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2013-09-18T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 148 So. 3d 776

Snippet: s elective share statutes, sections 732.201 to 732.2155, Florida Statutes (2002), violated article I,

McDonald v. Johnson

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2012-01-27T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 83 So. 3d 889

Snippet: section 732.2155(6) is a departure from the essential requirements of law. Section 732.2155(6) provides…marriage due to the efforts of the decedent. See § 732.2155(6)(c). The probate court ruled that the MCC stock…elective share calculation pursuant to section 732.2155(6). We grant certiorari and quash the probate …provides as follows: *892 Sections 732.201-732.2155 do not affect any interest in property held, as of the…(6)(c). We conclude that the fact that section 732.2155(6)(c) cites to section 61.075 without a specific

In Re Amendments to the Florida Probate Rules

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2011-09-28T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 73 So. 3d 205

Snippet: Capacity; appointment of guardian advocate. § 732.201-732.2155, Fla. Stat. Elective share of surviving spouse

Boulis v. Blackburn

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2009-08-05T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 16 So. 3d 186

Snippet: decedents dying on or after October 1, 2001. § 732.2155(1), Fla. Stat. (2000). The decedent herein died

In Re Amend. to Florida Probate Rules

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2008-07-10T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 986 So. 2d 576

Snippet: appointment of guardian advocate. *580 §§ 732.201-732.2155, Fla. Stat. Elective share of surviving spouse

In Re Estate of Magee

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2007-09-26T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 988 So. 2d 1

Snippet: share statutes, codified at sections 732.201 to 732.2155, Florida Statutes (2002), are constitutional under… any decedent. See ch. 99-343, Laws of Fla.; § 732.2155(1), Fla. Stat. (2001) (providing that the amendments…accordance with the provisions of sections 732.201 to 732.2155. After further proceedings, the probate court

Janien v. Janien

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-10-18T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 939 So. 2d 264

Snippet: N.E.2d 92, 94 (1993). . We note that section 732.2155(4), Florida Statutes (2005), provides that "…before the effective date [contained in section 732.2155(1) ] that meets the requirements of an elective

Velde v. Velde

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2004-02-24T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 867 So. 2d 501

Snippet: See Ch. 99-343, § 15, at 3570, Laws of Fla.; § 732.2155, Fla. Stat. (1999). The new statute allows the

Estate of Heid v. Heid

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2004-01-09T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 863 So. 2d 1259

Snippet: Specifically, section 732.2155(1), Florida Statutes (2000), provides: Sections 732.201-732.2155 are effective …expanded elective share statute did not apply. See § 732.2155(1), Fla. Stat. (2001). We agree and affirm. The

Amendments to the Florida Probate Rules

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2003-06-19T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 848 So. 2d 1069

Snippet: -Fla. Stat. Adversary proceed-ingSr §§ 732.201-732.2155, Fla. Stat. Elective share of surviving spouse

Amendments to Florida Probate Rules

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2001-10-11T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 807 So. 2d 622

Snippet: the elective share statutes, sections 732.201-732.2155, Florida Statutes (2000), and to the inventory…, Fla. Stat. Adversary proceedings. §§ 732.201-732.2155, Fla. Stat. Elective share of surviving spouse

Faile v. Fleming

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2000-06-14T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 763 So. 2d 459

Snippet: However the new provisions of sections 732.201-732.2155, Florida Statutes (1999), are effective "…decedents dying on or after October 1, 2001.” § 732.2155(1), Fla. Slat. (1999). No. 4D99-3203