Florida Statute 735.201 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title XLII
ESTATES AND TRUSTS

Chapter 735
PROBATE CODE: SMALL ESTATES

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735.201 Summary administration; nature of proceedings.—Summary administration may be had in the administration of either a resident or nonresident decedent’s estate, when it appears:

(1) In a testate estate, that the decedent’s will does not direct administration as required by chapter 733.

(2) That the value of the entire estate subject to administration in this state, less the value of property exempt from the claims of creditors, does not exceed $75,000 or that the decedent has been dead for more than 2 years.

History.—s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 105, ch. 75-220; s. 2, ch. 80-203; s. 13, ch. 89-340; s. 179, ch. 2001-226.

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Wolf v. Doll, 229 So. 3d 1280 (Fla. 4th DCA 2017).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

decedent has been dead for more than 2 years.” § 735,201, Fla. Stat. (2013). To initiate a summary administration

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Florida Bar, 537 So. 2d 500 (Fla. 1988).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 13 Fla. L. Weekly 601, 1988 Fla. LEXIS 1463, 1988 WL 143178

...g thereon and the entry of the order of distribution of the assets. 1984. Revision: Extensive revisions and editorial changes. Committee notes revised. 1988 Revision: Editorial change in caption of (a). Committee notes revised. Statutory Reference F.S. 735.201-735.209 Summary administration....

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Florida Bar, 531 So. 2d 1261 (Fla. 1988).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 13 Fla. L. Weekly 601, 1988 Fla. LEXIS 1475, 1988 WL 53983

...ng thereon and the entry of the order of distribution of the assets. 1984 Revision: Extensive revisions and editorial changes. Committee notes revised. 1988 Revision: Editorial change in caption of (a). Committee notes revised. Statutory Reference F.S. 735.201 — 735.209 Summary administration....

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Florida Bar re Amendment to Rules, 458 So. 2d 1079 (Fla. 1984).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 9 Fla. L. Weekly 401, 1984 Fla. LEXIS 3390

...Established the requirements of a petition for summary administration and provided for the hearing thereon and the entry of the order of distribution of the assets. 1984 Revision: Extensive revisions and editorial changes. Committee notes revised. Statutory Reference F.S. 735.201 — 735.209 Summary administration....

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Rosalie Wolf v. Jo Ann Doll (Fla. 4th DCA 2017).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

...rmal administration, when “the value of the entire estate subject to administration in this state, less the value of property exempt from the claims of creditors, does not exceed $75,000 or that the decedent has been dead for more than 2 years.” § 735.201, Fla....

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