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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. 732.301

732.301 Pretermitted spouse.—When a person marries after making a will and the spouse survives the testator, the surviving spouse shall receive a share in the estate of the testator equal in value to that which the surviving spouse would have received if the testator had died intestate, unless:

(1) Provision has been made for, or waived by, the spouse by prenuptial or postnuptial agreement;

(2) The spouse is provided for in the will; or

(3) The will discloses an intention not to make provision for the spouse.

The share of the estate that is assigned to the pretermitted spouse shall be obtained in accordance with s. 733.805.

History.—s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 16, ch. 75-220; s. 9, ch. 77-87.

Note.—Created from former s. 731.10.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 732.301

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Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 732.301.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 732.301

Total Results: 20

In Re: Amendments to Florida Probate Rules

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

Snippet: Stat. Elective share of surviving spouse. § 732.301, Fla. Stat. Pretermitted spouse. § 732.302

Kathleen Steele v. Commissioner of Social Security

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2024-02-15T00:00:00-08:00

Snippet: from “inadvertent disinheritance.” Id.; cf. § 732.301, Fla. Stat. (1977) (pretermitted-spouse statute…‘provided for,’ within the meaning of section 732.301(2), unless the testator both provided for a person

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: Stat. Elective share of surviving spouse. § 732.301, Fla. Stat. Pretermitted spouse. § 732.302

SILVIA GORDON v. ROBERT FISHMAN, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-08-24T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: estate as a pretermitted spouse under section 732.301. However, the "in contemplation

Gordon v. Fishman

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-08-24T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 253 So. 3d 1218

Snippet: estate as a pretermitted spouse under section 732.301. However, the "in contemplation of marriage

Moore v. Estate of Flaire Mae Albee

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-02-18T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: pretermitted spouse, 1 sought to 1 Section 732.301, Florida Statutes (2016), “Pretermitted spouse,

In Re Amendments to the Florida Probate Rules

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

Citation: 73 So. 3d 205, 36 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 541, 2011 Fla. LEXIS 2287, 2011 WL 4467595

Snippet: Fla. Stat. Elective share of surviving spouse. § 732.301, Fla. Stat. Pretermitted spouse. § 732.302, Fla

Babcock v. ESTATE OF BABCOCK

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2008-11-11T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 995 So. 2d 1044

Snippet: will and constituted a pretermitted spouse. § 732.301, Fla. Stat. Tawn filed a motion to determine exempt

In Re Amend. to Florida Probate Rules

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

Citation: 986 So. 2d 576

Snippet: Fla. Stat. Elective share of surviving spouse. § 732.301, Fla. Stat. Pretermitted spouse. § 732.302, Fla

Florida Power & Light Co. v. Goldberg

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2003-10-01T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 856 So. 2d 1011

Snippet: Shubitz v. Consolidated Edison Co., 59 Misc.2d 732, 301 N.Y.S.2d 926 (1969), an electric company owed

Amendments to the Florida Probate Rules

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

Citation: 848 So. 2d 1069, 28 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 495, 2003 Fla. LEXIS 1063, 2003 WL 21402500

Snippet: Fla. Stat. Elective share of surviving spouse. § 732.301, Fla. Stat. Pretermitted spouse. § 732.302, Fla

Saunders v. Saunders

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2001-10-17T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 796 So. 2d 1253

Snippet: her share as a pretermitted spouse under section 732.301, Florida Statutes (1999). The trial court denied… the proper effect of this section and section 732.301. Appellee, the personal representative of the decedent…conflicts with, and is subordinate to, section 732.301, is also without merit. Because section 731.106…dispose of his or her Florida property, section 732.301 is inapplicable. In summary, the decedent, a Colorado… of the decedent's property under section 732.301, because section 731.106(2) dictates that Colorado

Amendments to Florida Probate Rules

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

Citation: 807 So. 2d 622, 26 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 663, 2001 Fla. LEXIS 2009, 2001 WL 1194323

Snippet: Fla. Stat. Elective share of surviving spouse. § 732.301, Fla. Stat. Pretermitted spouse. § 732.507, Fla

Via v. Putnam

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1995-06-08T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 656 So. 2d 460

Snippet: shall be obtained in accordance with s. 733.805. § 732.301, Fla. Stat. (1993). The foregoing history indicates… and the spouse survives the testator." § 732.301, Fla. Stat. (1993) (emphasis *466 added). The statute…, WELLS and ANSTEAD, JJ., concur. NOTES [1] § 732.301, Fla. Stat. (1993). [2] The Petitioners in this

In re Amendments to the Florida Probate Rules

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1992-09-24T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 607 So. 2d 1306, 17 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 636, 1992 Fla. LEXIS 1622, 1992 WL 249483

Snippet: 731.107, Fla.Stat. Adversary proceedings. ⅞⅛⅛ 732.301, Fla.Stat. Pretermitted spouse. 732.507, Fla.Stat

In re Estate of Norem

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1990-05-16T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 561 So. 2d 434, 1990 Fla. App. LEXIS 3473, 1990 WL 64147

Snippet: Norem, is a pretermit-ted spouse under section 732.301, Florida Statutes (1987). These are the facts from… declared a pretermitted. spouse under section 732.301, Florida Statutes (1987) which provides: Pretermitted…(Fla.1982) the supreme court construed section 732.301 and explained that when a will, which is executed…question of whether or not the provisions of section 732.301, Fla.Stat. (1987) were met. There is an issue of

Spangenberg v. Tate

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1990-03-14T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 561 So. 2d 315, 1990 Fla. App. LEXIS 1693, 1990 WL 27952

Snippet: s claim as a pretermitted spouse under section 732.301, Florida Statutes (1987). The trial court properly

Delgado v. Cotta De Lopez

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1989-06-06T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 546 So. 2d 1075

Snippet: spouse in accordance with sections 732.201 and 732.301, but ruled that Joseph waived his rights under

In Re Estate of Gaspelin

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1989-03-30T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 542 So. 2d 1023

Snippet: to be a pretermitted spouse pursuant to section 732.301, Florida Statutes (1985). Since Mr. Gaspelin'… is estopped to seek the protection of section 732.301, Florida Statutes (1985), because she filed the…a claim as a pretermitted spouse under section 732.301 in order to seek an elective share under section

Florida Bar

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1988-09-29T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 531 So. 2d 1261, 13 Fla. L. Weekly 601, 1988 Fla. LEXIS 1475, 1988 WL 53983

Snippet: References F.S. 731.107 Adversary proceedings. F.S. 732.301 Pretermitted spouse. F.S. 732.507 Effect of subsequent