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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLII
ESTATES AND TRUSTS

Chapter 733
PROBATE CODE: ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES

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F.S. 733.710

733.710 Limitations on claims against estates.—

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of the code, 2 years after the death of a person, neither the decedent’s estate, the personal representative, if any, nor the beneficiaries shall be liable for any claim or cause of action against the decedent, whether or not letters of administration have been issued, except as provided in this section.

(2) This section shall not apply to a creditor who has filed a claim pursuant to s. 733.702 within 2 years after the person’s death, and whose claim has not been paid or otherwise disposed of pursuant to s. 733.705.

(3) This section shall not affect the lien of any duly recorded mortgage or security interest or the lien of any person in possession of personal property or the right to foreclose and enforce the mortgage or lien.

History.—s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 50, ch. 75-220; s. 36, ch. 77-87; s. 9, ch. 89-340; s. 152, ch. 2001-226.

Note.—Created from former s. 734.29(1).

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 733.710

Level: Degree
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Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 733.710.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 733.710

Total Results: 20

Grant, Grant v. Kunke Pr

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-11-13T00:00:00-08:00

Snippet: the two-year statute of limitations in section 733.710. Golden v. Jones, 126 So. 3d 390, 391-92 (Fla. …to another . . . ."). 4 Section 733.710 states in relevant part: (1) Notwithstanding

MARGARETT FIELDS v. ESTATE OF IVA LEE FORD, A/K/A IVA LEE FORD, SR.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-06-07T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: section 733.702(1) are timely filed under section 733.710, Florida Statutes, if filed within two years of

Samantha Elaine Tsuji v. H. Bart Fleet, etc.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2023-06-29T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: in s. 733.710.” § 733.702(5), Fla. Stat. So we come to subsection (1) of section 733.710, which…under section 733.710(1). So we have to decide: is Fleet “liable” under section 733.710(1) given that…sense in the context of section 733.710(1). After all, section 733.710(1) concerns claims against the …provided such instruction in both section 733.710(2) and section 733.710(3), but neither applies here. … section 733.710(1)’s two-year time bar. If, according to the petitioners, section 733.710(1) bars their

JOHN W. RICH, JR., etc. v. JUDITH R. NAROG

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2022-09-21T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: years of the decedent’s date of death. See § 733.710(1), Fla. Stat. (2011) (Florida’s statute of nonclaim…letters of administration have been issued.” § 733.710, Fla. Stat. (2011). …Monroe County Circuit Court. Pursuant to section 733.710(1), any creditor with a claim against the decedent…payments from an estate’s bank account); see also §733.710(1), Fla. Stat. (2011); May v. Illinois Nat’l Ins… 771 So. 2d 1143, 1157 (Fla. 2000) (“[S]ection 733.710 is a jurisdictional statute of nonclaim that automatically

ISABEL M. ORDWAY, etc. v. KARIBU PROPERTIES, INC., etc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2022-04-20T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: and the applicability of sections 720.702 and 733.710, Florida Statutes, which we decline to reach on

BARBARA NAMON, etc. v. KAREN NAMON ELDER

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2021-11-23T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: claim to the contrary is time-barred by section 733.710, Florida Statutes (2021). This argument implicates… The second provision, codified in section 733.710, Florida Statutes, reads, in relevant part: …otherwise disposed of pursuant to s. 733.705. § 733.710(1)–(2), Fla. Stat. This provision has been deemed

Katherine Herman, Personal Representative for the Estate of Steve Allen Herman, a/k/a, etc. v. Nancy Herman Bennett

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-07-23T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: as follows: (1) If not barred by s. 733.710, no claim or demand against the decedent'

JOAN JOHNSON v. LEE TOWNSEND

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-10-24T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: plain language of section 733.710(3)’s narrower exclusion. Section 733.710(3) states: “This section shall…two-year statute of repose contained in section 733.710(1), Florida Statutes (2015); and (3) no exception…733.702(1), Fla. Stat. (2015) (“If not barred by s. 733.710, no claim or demand against the decedent’s estate…The notice further stated, pursuant to section 733.710(1)’s two-year repose deadline: NOTWITHSTANDING… DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. See § 733.710(1), Fla. Stat. (2015) (“Notwithstanding any other

Wallace v. Watkins

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-08-13T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: summary administration was time-barred by section 733.710(1), Florida Statutes (2016), commonly referred

Lerma-Fusco v. Smith

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-06-16T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 220 So. 3d 562, 2017 WL 2605129, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 8849

Snippet: ’’). Notwithstanding these provisions, section 733.710, Florida Statutes, is a jurisdictional statute …two years after the death of a decedent. See § 733.710(1), Fla. Stat. (2015); see also Jones v. Golden

Estate of Arroyo v. Infinity Indemnity Insurance Co.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-01-18T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 211 So. 3d 240, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 456

Snippet: the limitations period set forth in s. 733.710.” Section 733.710, in turn, establishes an absolute two-year…specified by section 733.710. As already noted, perhaps repeatedly for emphasis, section 733.710 is a jurisdictional…Fla. Stat. (2011), and the statute of repose, § 733.710, Fla. Stat. (2011), set forth in the probate code…determine and entered an order finding that section 733.710 of the Florida Statutes protects an estate from…to a claim on timeliness grounds,” and section 733.710 “is a jurisdictional statute of nonclaim that

Reyes v. Infinity Indemnity Insurance Co.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-01-17T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: 23 limitations period set forth in s. 733.710.” Section 733.710, in turn, establishes an absolute two-year…specified by section 733.710. As already noted, perhaps repeatedly for emphasis, section 733.710 is a jurisdictional…Fla. Stat. (2011), and the statute of repose, § 733.710, Fla. Stat. (2011), set forth in the probate code…determine and entered an order finding that section 733.710 of the Florida Statutes protects an estate from…to a claim on timeliness grounds,” and section 733.710 “is a jurisdictional

Carol Ann Jones v. Edward I. Goden, etc.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2015-10-01T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 176 So. 3d 242, 40 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 517, 2015 Fla. LEXIS 2153, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 14652

Snippet: forth in s. 733.710. § 733.702, Fla. Stat. (2006) (emphasis added). Section 733.710 provides, …two years of the decedent’s death under section 733.710, Florida Statutes (2006). We have for review …two-year period of repose set forth in section 733.710. We have jurisdiction. See art. V; §…two years of the decedent’s death under section 733.710, we approve the decision of the Fourth District…claim was time-barred under sections 733.702 and 733.710. After a hearing on the petition, the probate court

Estate of Leon v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-04-29T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 163 So. 3d 720, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 6216, 2015 WL 1945105

Snippet: PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See § 733.710(3), Fla. Stat. (2013) (“This section shall not affect the

Souder v. Malone

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2014-08-01T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 143 So. 3d 486, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 11760, 2014 WL 3756356

Snippet: two-year limitation period set forth in section 733.710.2 Generally, a probate court’s decision on whether…within the two-year window set forth in section 733.710. Lubee, 77 So.3d at 884. AFFIRMED. TORPY, C.J. …Unless creditors’ claims are otherwise barred by s.733.710, the personal representative shall promptly publish… general circulation in that county. . See § 733.710, Fla. Stat. (2011). "Limitations on claims

Golden v. Jones

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2013-10-30T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 126 So. 3d 390, 2013 WL 5810360, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 17204

Snippet: limitations period set forth in s. 733.710. (emphasis added). Section 733.710, Florida Statutes (2006), provides…claim was time-barred under sections 733.702 and 733.710, Florida Statutes. The personal representative … claim was untimely under sections 733.702 and 733.710, Florida Statutes, and established case law. In…ascertainable creditor is bound only by section 733.710’s two-year statute of repose. We agree. Generally…statutorily prescribed time periods. See §§ 733.702, 733.710, Fla. Stat. (2006). Section 733.702 is a statute

Staum v. Rubano

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2013-08-14T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 120 So. 3d 109, 2013 WL 4081055, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 12655

Snippet: were untimely under Section 733.710(1), Florida Statutes (2011). Section 733.710(1) states: Notwithstanding…’s estate *110was untimely pursuant to section 733.710(1), Florida Statutes (2011); and (2) the nursing… issued, except as provided in this section. § 733.710(1), Fla. Stat. (2011). The nursing home’s response…response to the motion argued that section 733.710(1) did not apply because its petition was not requesting… home’s claim was untimely pursuant to section 733.710(1); and (2) the nursing home was not an “interested

Juega v. Davidson

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2012-12-19T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 105 So. 3d 575, 2012 WL 6601969, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 21700

Snippet: in Chapter 733 of the Probate Code that section 733.710(1) applies exclusively to claims against an estate

Joseph v. Estate of Joseph

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2012-03-21T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 83 So. 3d 965, 2012 WL 933020, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 4358

Snippet: probate statutes of non-claim, sections 733.702 and 733.710, Florida Statutes (2010), or (b) the applicable

Lubee v. Adams

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2012-01-20T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 77 So. 3d 882, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 684, 2012 WL 163911

Snippet: his claim within the two-year window of section 733.710. Because a notice to creditors was published on…733.702(3) within the two-year window of section 733.710. See Morgenthau v. Estate of Andzel, 26 So.3d 628…extension of time within two-year window of section 733.710). It is undisputed that he did neither. Mr. Lubee