Florida Statute 735.203 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLII
ESTATES AND TRUSTS

Chapter 735
PROBATE CODE: SMALL ESTATES

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F.S. 735.203

735.203 Petition for summary administration.—

(1) A petition for summary administration may be filed by any beneficiary or person nominated as personal representative in the decedent’s will offered for probate. The petition must be signed and verified by the surviving spouse, if any, and any beneficiaries except that the joinder in a petition for summary administration is not required of a beneficiary who will receive a full distributive share under the proposed distribution. However, formal notice of the petition must be served on a beneficiary not joining in the petition.

(2) If a person named in subsection (1) has died, is incapacitated, or is a minor, or has conveyed or transferred all interest in the property of the estate, then, as to that person, the petition must be signed and verified by:

(a) The personal representative, if any, of a deceased person or, if none, the surviving spouse, if any, and the beneficiaries;

(b) The guardian of an incapacitated person or a minor; or

(c) The grantee or transferee of any of them shall be authorized to sign and verify the petition instead of the beneficiary or surviving spouse.

(3) If each trustee of a trust that is a beneficiary of the estate of the deceased person is also a petitioner, formal notice of the petition for summary administration shall be served on each qualified beneficiary of the trust as defined in s. 736.0103 unless joinder in, or consent to, the petition is obtained from each qualified beneficiary of the trust.

History.—s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 107, ch. 75-220; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 180, ch. 2001-226; s. 12, ch. 2009-115; s. 16, ch. 2010-132.

Note.—Created from former s. 735.05.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 735.203

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Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 735.203.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 735.203

Total Results: 13

Wolf v. Doll

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-11-15T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 229 So. 3d 1280

Snippet: representative may petition for summary administration. § 735.203(1), Fla. Stat. (2013). The statute provides that

ROSALIE WOLF v. JO ANN DOLL

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-11-14T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: representative may petition for summary administration. § 735.203(1), Fla. Stat. (2013). The statute provides that

In Re Amendments to the Florida Probate Rules

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2010-09-02T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 50 So. 3d 578, 35 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 482, 2010 Fla. LEXIS 1455, 2010 WL 3431722

Snippet: exemptions. § 733.901, Fla. Stat. Final discharge. § 735.203, Fla. Stat. Petition for summary administration

JONES-BISHOP v. Estate of Sweeney

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2010-02-05T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 27 So. 3d 176, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 974, 2010 WL 391245

Snippet: one of the proper parties set forth in section 735.203(1), Florida Statutes (2008), authorized to bring

In Re Amend. to Florida Probate Rules

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2008-07-10T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 986 So. 2d 576

Snippet: Inventory. § 733.901, Fla. Stat. Final discharge. § 735.203, Fla. Stat. Petition for summary administration

Amendments to the Florida Probate Rules

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2003-06-19T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 848 So. 2d 1069, 28 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 495, 2003 Fla. LEXIS 1063, 2003 WL 21402500

Snippet: Fla. Stat. Petition for family administration. § 735.203, Fla. Stat. Petition for summary administration

In re Amendments to the Florida Probate Rules

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1992-09-24T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 607 So. 2d 1306, 17 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 636, 1992 Fla. LEXIS 1622, 1992 WL 249483

Snippet: Fla.Stat. Petition for family administration. 735.203, Fla.Stat. Petition for summary administration.

Cavanaugh v. Cavanaugh

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1989-04-21T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 542 So. 2d 1345

Snippet: personal representative. See sections 735.201 and 735.203, Fla. Stat.; Fla.R.P. & G.P. 5.530. However

Florida Bar

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1988-09-29T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 531 So. 2d 1261, 13 Fla. L. Weekly 601, 1988 Fla. LEXIS 1475, 1988 WL 53983

Snippet: 735.103 Petition for family administration. F.S. 735.203 Petition for summary administration. F.S. 744.104

Florida Bar

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1988-09-29T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 537 So. 2d 500, 13 Fla. L. Weekly 601, 1988 Fla. LEXIS 1463, 1988 WL 143178

Snippet: 735.103 Petition for family administration. F.S. 735.203 Petition for summary administration. F.S. 744.104

Mosley v. Thomas

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1981-08-26T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 402 So. 2d 594, 1981 Fla. App. LEXIS 20931

Snippet: inventory of the property of the estate. Section 735.203(2)(b), Florida Statutes (1979), also requires that

In re Supplemental Petition for Changes in the Florida Rules of Probate & Guardianship Procedure

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1977-03-31T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 344 So. 2d 828, 1977 Fla. LEXIS 3890

Snippet: Code revision. Implements FPC 735.201, 735.202, 735.-203, 735.206, and 735.209. Establishes, the requirements

In re Florida Rules of Probate & Guardianship Procedure

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1975-12-17T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 324 So. 2d 38, 1975 Fla. LEXIS 4473

Snippet: Committee Note: Implements FPC 735.201, 735.202, 735.-203, 735.206, and 735.209. Establishes the requirements