Florida Statute 733.815 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLII
ESTATES AND TRUSTS

Chapter 733
PROBATE CODE: ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES

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F.S. 733.815

733.815 Private contracts among interested persons.—Subject to the rights of creditors and taxing authorities, interested persons may agree among themselves to alter the interests, shares, or amounts to which they are entitled in a written contract executed by them. The personal representative shall abide by the terms of the contract, subject to the personal representative’s obligation to administer the estate for the benefit of interested persons who are not parties to the contract, and to pay costs of administration. Trustees of a testamentary trust are interested persons for the purposes of this section. Nothing in this section relieves trustees of any duties owed to beneficiaries of trusts.

History.—s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 94, ch. 75-220; s. 1024, ch. 97-102; s. 165, ch. 2001-226.

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Cases Citing Statute 733.815

Total Results: 10

Blatt v. Green, Rose, Kahn & Piotrkowski

456 So. 2d 949

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 18, 1984 | Docket: 1447592

Cited 22 times | Published

the code. § 731.201(21), Fla. Stat. (1981). Section 733.815 provides in pertinent part that: competent

Clifton v. Clifton

553 So. 2d 192, 1989 WL 119080

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 12, 1989 | Docket: 1259432

Cited 7 times | Published

agreement must be in writing and comply with section 733.815, Florida Statutes. All parties to this lawsuit

Mullins v. Mullins

274 So. 3d 513

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 7, 2019 | Docket: 64718341

Published

agreement must be in writing and comply with section 733.815, Florida Statutes."1 *518Clifton v. Clifton

Mullins v. Mullins

274 So. 3d 513

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 7, 2019 | Docket: 64718340

Published

agreement must be in writing and comply with section 733.815, Florida Statutes."1 *518Clifton v. Clifton

Pitcher v. Waldo

159 So. 3d 422, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 4267, 2015 WL 1334341

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 25, 2015 | Docket: 60246589

Published

estate. Appellant sought relief pursuant to section 733.815, Florida Statutes (2012), which provides that

John Pitcher v. Olga Waldo, individually, and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Christina Pitcher, for and on behalf of the Estate and survivors thereof

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 25, 2015 | Docket: 2679439

Published

estate. Appellant sought relief pursuant to section 733.815, Florida Statutes (2012), which provides that

Childers v. Clay County Board of County Commissioners

128 So. 3d 201, 2013 WL 6438949, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 19595

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 10, 2013 | Docket: 60237028

Published

without requesting additional time. West’s F.S.A. § 733.815.

Pierce v. Pierce

128 So. 3d 204, 2013 WL 6438955, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 19597

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 10, 2013 | Docket: 60237029

Published

Probate Code has embraced this preference in section 733.815, Florida Statutes, which provides that “interested

Green v. Rosin (In re Rosin)

248 B.R. 625, 1998 Bankr. LEXIS 1924

United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Jun 4, 1998 | Docket: 65782043

Published

will or under the laws of intestacy. (Fla.Stat. § 733.815, Private agreements among distributees.) The Court

In re Estate of Litras

608 So. 2d 847, 1992 Fla. App. LEXIS 10355, 1992 WL 259773

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 7, 1992 | Docket: 64692150

Published

disputed claims. The trial court relied on section 733.815, Florida Statutes (1989), in denying the settlement