Fla. Stat. » 732
Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 732.608 (2025)

Construction of terms.

✓ 2025 Florida Statutes — current through the 2025 Regular Session
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section FL-LEGleg.state.fl.us JustiaFla. Statutes CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar
732.608 Construction of terms.—The laws used to determine paternity and relationships for the purposes of intestate succession apply when determining whether class gift terminology and terms of relationship include adopted persons and persons born out of wedlock.
History.—s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 38, ch. 75-220; s. 10, ch. 2010-132.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1980–2011 · leading case: Lewis v. Green, 389 So. 2d 235 (Fla. 5th DCA 1980).
Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment
Lewis v. Green, 389 So. 2d 235 (Fla. 5th DCA 1980). · cites it 4× “(1979); § 732.608, Fla. Stat. (1979). In re Levy's Estate, 141 So.”
Basile v. Aldrich, 70 So. 3d 682 (Fla. 1st DCA 2011). · cites it 2× “607 ("Exercise of power of appointment"), section 732.608 ("Construction of generic terms") and section 732.”
Ott v. Ott, 418 So. 2d 460 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982). “This section of the Florida Probate Code is virtually identical in language to section 732.608 of the Uniform Probate Code as originally proposed in Florida.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.

Need a will or estate document notarized in North Florida? North Florida Notary (K’s 24hr Mobile Notary) is a traveling notary public serving Duval, Clay, St. Johns, and Nassau Counties — they come to you, 24/7. Text 904-345-0526. A notary public verifies identity and witnesses signatures and is not a lawyer.