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Fla. Stat. § 736.0102 (2025)
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736.0102 Scope.—
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, this code applies to express trusts, charitable or noncharitable, and trusts created pursuant to a law, judgment, or decree that requires the trust to be administered in the manner of an express trust.
(2) This code does not apply to constructive or resulting trusts; conservatorships; custodial arrangements pursuant to the Florida Uniform Transfers to Minors Act; business trusts providing for certificates to be issued to beneficiaries; common trust funds; trusts created by the form of the account or by the deposit agreement at a financial institution; voting trusts; security arrangements; liquidation trusts; trusts for the primary purpose of paying debts, dividends, interest, salaries, wages, profits, pensions, or employee benefits of any kind; and any arrangement under which a person is nominee or escrowee for another.
(3) This code does not apply to any land trust under s. 689.071, except to the extent provided in s. 689.071(7), s. 721.08(2)(c)4., or s. 721.53(1)(e). A trust governed at its creation by this chapter, former chapter 737, or any prior trust statute superseded or replaced by any provision of former chapter 737, is not a land trust regardless of any amendment or modification of the trust, any change in the assets held in the trust, or any continuing trust resulting from the distribution or retention in further trust of assets from the trust.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2010–2021 · leading case: Beane v. SunTrust Banks, Inc., 47 So. 3d 922 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010).
Beane v. SunTrust Banks, Inc., 47 So. 3d 922 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010). “§ 736.0102, Fla. Stat. (2007). Section 709.”
Sec. Exch. v. Mut. Benefits Corp (S.D. Fla. 2020). “3rd DCA May 20, 2020) (stating that The Florida Trust Code was first enacted in 2007 and applies to “all judicial proceedings concerning trusts commenced on or after July 1, 2007”); see also Fla. Stat. § 736.0102 (stating that “[t]his chapter may be cited as ‘The Florida Trust…”
Sec. Exch. v. Mut. Benefits Corp (S.D. Fla. 2020). “3rd DCA May 20, 2020) (stating that The Florida Trust Code was first enacted in 2007 and applies to “all judicial proceedings concerning trusts commenced on or after July 1, 2007”); see also Fla. Stat. § 736.0102 (stating that “[t]his chapter may be cited as ‘The Florida Trust…”
Sec. Exch. v. Mut. Benefits Corp (S.D. Fla. 2020). “3rd DCA May 20, 2020) (stating that The Florida Trust Code was first enacted in 2007 and applies to “all judicial proceedings concerning trusts commenced on or after July 1, 2007”); see also Fla. Stat. § 736.0102 (stating that “[t]his chapter may be cited as ‘The Florida Trust…”
Sec. Exch. v. Mut. Benefits Corp (S.D. Fla. 2020). “3rd DCA May 20, 2020) (stating that The Florida Trust Code was first enacted in 2007 and applies to “all judicial proceedings concerning trusts commenced on or after July 1, 2007”); see also Fla. Stat. § 736.0102 (stating that “[t]his chapter may be cited as ‘The Florida Trust…”
Sec. Exch. v. Mut. Benefits Corp (S.D. Fla. 2021). “3rd DCA May 20, 2020) (stating that The Florida Trust Code was first enacted in 2007 and applies to “all judicial proceedings concerning trusts commenced on or after July 1, 2007”); see also Fla. Stat. § 736.0102 (stating that “[t]his chapter may be cited as ‘The Florida Trust…”
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