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Fla. Stat. § 733.302 (2025)
Who may be appointed personal representative.
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733.302 Who may be appointed personal representative.—Subject to the limitations in this part, any person who is sui juris and is a resident of Florida at the time of the death of the person whose estate is to be administered is qualified to act as personal representative in Florida.
History.—s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 63, ch. 75-220; s. 5, ch. 79-343; s. 989, ch. 97-102; s. 99, ch. 2001-226.
Note.—Created from former s. 732.45.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 34
cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1976–2026 · leading case: In Re Est. of Greenberg, 390 So. 2d 40 (Fla. 1980).
In Re Est. of Greenberg, 390 So. 2d 40 (Fla. 1980). “1976), we held that the United States citizenship requirement contained in section 733.302, Florida Statutes (1975), was invalid because such requirement violated the equal protection clauses of the fourteenth amendment to the United States Constitution and article I, section 2…”
United States v. Stone, 139 F.3d 822 (11th Cir. 1998). “34 ; the right to administrate the estate of a deceased, Fla. Stat. Ann. § 733.302 ; and the right to enter certain professions or hold particular licenses (private investigator, yacht broker, & c.”
Amendments to the Florida Prob. Rules, 848 So. 2d 1069 (Fla. 2003). “§ 733.302, Fla. Stat. Who may be appointed personal representative.”
Fain v. Hall, 463 F. Supp. 661 (M.D. Fla. 1979). “For the reasons given, the Court finds that the irrebuttable presumption, created *666 by Fla.Stat. §§ 733.302 and 304, that Mr. Malkin, or one in his position, is unable to perform the duties as personal representative of Mr.”
Veltmann v. Walpole Pharmacy, Inc., 928 F. Supp. 1161 (M.D. Fla. 1996). “§ 733.302 Fla.Stat. (1995). 1 Neither Plaintiff has alleged in the Complaint that they are bringing this suit as a personal representative of Elizabeth M.”
Padgett v. Est. of Gilbert, 676 So. 2d 440 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996). “The applicable probate statutes, in addition to the bar on convicted felons, require only that persons seeking to qualify to act as a personal representative not be "incompetent to discharge the duties of a personal representative" as a result of "sickness, intemperance, or want…”
In Re Amendments to the Fl. Prob. Rules, 964 So. 2d 140 (Fla. 2007). “§ 733.302, Fla. Stat. Who may be appointed personal representative.”
Florida Bar, 537 So. 2d 500 (Fla. 1988). “F.S. 733.302 Who may be appointed personal representative.”
In Re Amendments to the Florida Prob. Rules, 584 So. 2d 964 (Fla. 1991). “§ 733.302, Fla. Stat. Who may be appointed personal representative.”
Pontrello v. Est. of Kepler, 528 So. 2d 441 (Fla. 2d DCA 1988). “We are herein called upon to determine if a trial court has any discretion to refuse to appoint the personal representative named in a will if such person meets all of the statutory qualifications for appointment.”
In Re Amendments to the Florida Prob. Rules, 73 So. 3d 205 (Fla. 2011). “*210 § 733.302, Fla. Stat. Who may be appointed personal representative.”
Florida Bar re Amendment to Rules, 458 So. 2d 1079 (Fla. 1984). “F.S. 733.302 Who may be appointed personal representative.”
— 733.302(2) — 1 case
Gugelmin v. Florida Birth Related Neurological Injury Comp. Ass'n, 882 So. 2d 517 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004).
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