Florida Statute 732.518 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLII
ESTATES AND TRUSTS

Chapter 732
PROBATE CODE: INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS

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732.518 Will contests.—An action to contest the validity of all or part of a will or the revocation of all or part of a will may not be commenced before the death of the testator.

History.—s. 17, ch. 92-200; s. 7, ch. 2011-183.

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Ullman v. Garcia, 645 So. 2d 168 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 1994 WL 656122

...The petition further alleged that Garcia had exerted undue influence upon Irene, as evidenced by the provision in the will leaving to Garcia practically the entire $1 million estate, and the numerous Totten trust bank accounts. In April of 1992, during the pendency of the action, the Florida legislature enacted section 732.518, which provides that: "An action to contest the validity of a will may not be commenced before the death of the testator." § 732.518, Fla....

...Stat. (Sept. 1992). The legislature specifically provided that this section was applicable to bar actions contesting the validity of a will which were pending on and after October 1, 1992. The probate court dismissed Count II of the action as barred by section 732.518....

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Ullman v. Garcia, 625 So. 2d 7 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1993 Fla. App. LEXIS 5254, 1993 WL 152105

PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See § 732.518, Fla.Stat. (Supp. 1992).

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