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Florida Statute 732.506 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLII
ESTATES AND TRUSTS
Chapter 732
PROBATE CODE: INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS
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F.S. 732.506
732.506 Revocation by act.A will or codicil, other than an electronic will, is revoked by the testator, or some other person in the testator’s presence and at the testator’s direction, by burning, tearing, canceling, defacing, obliterating, or destroying it with the intent, and for the purpose, of revocation. An electronic will or codicil is revoked by the testator, or some other person in the testator’s presence and at the testator’s direction, by deleting, canceling, rendering unreadable, or obliterating the electronic will or codicil, with the intent, and for the purpose, of revocation, as proved by clear and convincing evidence.
History.s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 23, ch. 75-220; s. 963, ch. 97-102; s. 31, ch. 2019-71.
Note.Created from former s. 731.14.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 732.506
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 732.506.



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

ANDERSON, v. McDONOUGH, E., 189 So. 3d 266 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . See § 732.506,- Fla. Stat. (2011). . . .

E. DAHLY, v. DAHLY,, 866 So. 2d 745 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

. . . Section 732.506 sets forth the statutory requirements for revocation by act: 732.506. . . . . § 732.506, Fla. Stat. (2002). . . .

TAFT, a k a v. ZACK, Jr., 830 So. 2d 881 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2002)

. . . Taft, the record reflects that she did not revoke the will by an act as contemplated by section 732.506 . . .

DALK, v. ALLEN,, 774 So. 2d 787 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

. . . an exact copy of the original codicil, believing it to be the original, the requirements of section 732.506 . . .

In ESTATE OF TOLIN, 622 So. 2d 988 (Fla. 1993)

. . . Section 732.506 provides the procedure for revoking a will or codicil by physical act. . . . Section 732.506 provides that [a] will or codicil is revoked by the testator, or by some other person . . . Creaig argues that section 732.506 does not specifically require the destruction of the original codicil . . . Section 732.506, which describes the manner for revoking a will or codicil by a physical act, uses the . . . We note the district court's opinion inadvertently cited section 732.506, Florida Statutes (1975). . . .

In ESTATE OF TOLIN, 594 So. 2d 309 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

. . . An original will or codicil may only be revoked consistent with the provisions of section 732.506, Fla.Stat . . .

In ESTATE OF DICKSON, BERTOGLIO, v. DICKSON, 590 So. 2d 471 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

. . . s natural daughter who claimed that the decedent had revoked the will by cancellation under section 732.506 . . . testator performed sufficient acts of cancellation or obliteration to fall within the rubric of section 732.506 . . . We conclude that the physical acts may be sufficient to meet the requirements of section 732.506, providing . . . Section 732.506 provides for revocation by act, stating: A will or codicil is revoked by the testator . . . Whether the attempted revocation also fails under section 732.506 as acts performed with the intent and . . . cause with directions to revoke the probate of the will and order that the estate pass by intestacy. . 732.506 . . .

SRENCO S. v. SRENCO,, 549 So. 2d 774 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)

. . . court found that Lillian Paul’s will had not been revoked by her physical act, pursuant to section 732.506 . . .

IN RE ESTATE OF ARTHUR E. DAVIS,, 8 Fla. Supp. 2d 45 (Fla. Cir. Ct. 1981)

. . . Section 732.506. . . .

In ESTATE GRIFFIS,, 330 So. 2d 797 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1976)

. . . being operative until after January 1, 1976, are not dispositive of this case (see in particular §§ 732.506 . . . See, for example and compare sections 732.506 and 732.508, F.S. . . . This determination not only comports with the common law rule (now substantially reflected in sections 732.506 . . . even though such former will is in existence at the date of the revocation of the subsequent will.” . “732.506 . . .