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Fla. Stat. § 733.603 (2025)

Personal representative to proceed without court order.

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733.603 Personal representative to proceed without court order.—A personal representative shall proceed expeditiously with the settlement and distribution of a decedent’s estate and, except as otherwise specified by this code or ordered by the court, shall do so without adjudication, order, or direction of the court. A personal representative may invoke the jurisdiction of the court to resolve questions concerning the estate or its administration.

History.—s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 1002, ch. 97-102; s. 126, ch. 2001-226.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 17 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1976–2024 · leading case: Amendments to the Florida Prob. Rules, 848 So. 2d 1069 (Fla. 2003).

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Amendments to the Florida Prob. Rules, 848 So. 2d 1069 (Fla. 2003). · cites it 4× “§ 733.603, Fla. Stat. Personal representative to proceed without court order.”

Florida Bar, 537 So. 2d 500 (Fla. 1988). · cites it 2× “F.S. 733.603 Personal representative to proceed without court order.”

Wolf Sanitary Wiping Cloth, Inc. v. Wolf, 526 So. 2d 702 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988). · cites it 2× “[4] A personal representative may invoke the jurisdiction of the court to resolve judicial questions about an estate or its administration, section 733.603, Florida Statutes (1985), and may maintain an action to determine title to or recover possession of property, section 733.”

In Re Est. of McMillian, 603 So. 2d 685 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992). · cites it 2× “" § 733.603, Fla. Stat. (1989). Section 737.”

In Re Amendments to the Florida Prob. Rules, 73 So. 3d 205 (Fla. 2011). · cites it 2× “§ 733.603, Fla. Stat. Personal representative to proceed without court order.”

Florida Bar re Amendment to Rules, 458 So. 2d 1079 (Fla. 1984). “F.S. 733.603 Personal representative to proceed without court order.”

Dribin v. Est. of Nolan, 801 So. 2d 249 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001). · cites it 2× “Section 733.603, Florida Statutes, provides that a personal representative shall proceed expeditiously with the settlement and distribution of a decedent’s estate without adjudication, order or direction of the court.”

In Re Amend. to Florida Prob. Rules, 986 So. 2d 576 (Fla. 2008). · cites it 2× “§ 733.603, Fla. Stat. Personal representative to proceed without court order.”

Williams v. State, 711 So. 2d 41 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998). · cites it 2× “She further testified that she spent two thousand dollars of the money on clothing for two of her mother’s grandchildren, one of whom had been dependent on her mother at the time of her death.”

Disque v. Unger, 955 So. 2d 1121 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007). · cites it 3× “When the personal representative found himself in a quandary as to whether to file this lawsuit, he should have sought court approval before filing the lawsuit, as is authorized by section 733.603, Florida Statutes (2003).”

In re Amendments to the Florida Prob. Rules, 607 So. 2d 1306 (Fla. 1992). · cites it 2× “Committee Notes Rule History 1975 Revision: Where the jurisdiction of the court is invoked voluntarily pursuant to ESrSection 733.603, Florida Statutes, or otherwise, the rule requires that the personal representative have actual knowledge *1338 of the more important steps and…”

Amendments to Florida Prob. Rules, 807 So. 2d 622 (Fla. 2001). · cites it 2× “§ 733.603, Fla. Stat. Personal representative to proceed without court order.”

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