The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLII
ESTATES AND TRUSTS

Chapter 733
PROBATE CODE: ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES

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F.S. 733.309

733.309 Executor de son tort.—No person shall be liable to a creditor of a decedent as executor de son tort, but any person taking, converting, or intermeddling with the property of a decedent shall be liable to the personal representative or curator, when appointed, for the value of all the property so taken or converted and for all damages to the estate caused by the wrongful action. This section shall not be construed to prevent a creditor of a decedent from suing anyone in possession of property fraudulently conveyed by the decedent to set aside the fraudulent conveyance.

History.—s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 65, ch. 75-220; s. 991, ch. 97-102; s. 104, ch. 2001-226.

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Amendments to 733.309

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 733.309

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 733.309.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

In DALTON, v., 415 B.R. 838 (Bankr. D.N.M. 2009)

. . . Under Florida statute § 733.309, an executor de son tort is liable to the P.R. when appointed for any . . .

E. ALBRITTON, v. ESTATE OF ALBRITTON,, 731 So. 2d 154 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . This conclusion is supported by section 733.309, Florida Statutes, (1997), which provides in material . . .