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Florida Statute 733.801 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 733.801 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
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733.801 Delivery of devises and distributive shares.—
(1) No personal representative shall be required to pay or deliver any devise or distributive share or to surrender possession of any land to any beneficiary until the expiration of 5 months from the granting of letters.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in the will, the personal representative shall pay as an expense of administration the reasonable expenses of storage, insurance, packing, and delivery of tangible personal property to a beneficiary.
History.—s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 86, ch. 75-220; s. 153, ch. 2001-226.
Note.—Created from former s. 734.02.

Cases Citing F.S. 733.801

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·Marcus v. DeWitt, 704 F.2d 1227 (11th Cir. 1983).

Cited 2 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

...§ 733.701, et seq., and the provisions governing distributions from estates, Fla.Stat.Ann. § 733.-801, et seq. At the very least, it is clear that the executor here was under no duty to distribute the residence at the time of the sale, and that the beneficiary could not have compelled distribution. Id. § 733.801....
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Green v. Rosin (In re Rosin), 248 B.R. 625 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1998).

Published | United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida | 1998 Bankr. LEXIS 1924

...Future interests; possibilities. A mere possibility, such as the expectancy of an heir apparent, is not to be deemed an interest of any kind. . Fla.Stat. § 732.514. . Fla.Stat. § 732.101(2). . Fla.Stat. § 733.607. . Fla.Stat. § 733.608. . Fla.Stat. § 733.801....
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Long v. Willis, 100 So. 3d 4 (Fla. 2d DCA 2011).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 12877, 2011 WL 3587411

...llis as personal representative of the Estate of Thomas Scott Long. This case is procedurally unusual. The primary issue concerns the method by which minor children are allowed to participate in the selection of a personal representative pursuant to section 733.801(1)(b)(2), Florida Statutes (2009)....

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