Florida Statute 736.0603 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLII
ESTATES AND TRUSTS

Chapter 736
FLORIDA TRUST CODE

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736.0603 Settlor’s powers; powers of withdrawal.—

(1) While a trust is revocable, the duties of the trustee are owed exclusively to the settlor.

(2) During the period the power may be exercised, the holder of a power of withdrawal has the rights of a settlor of a revocable trust under this section to the extent of the property subject to the power.

(3) Subject to ss. 736.0403(2) and 736.0602(3)(a), the trustee may follow a direction of the settlor that is contrary to the terms of the trust while a trust is revocable.

History.—s. 6, ch. 2006-217; s. 6, ch. 2021-183.

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Hilgendorf v. Estate of Coleman

201 So. 3d 1262, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 15934

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 26, 2016 | Docket: 60256959

Cited 1 times | Published

was created, these provisions comport with section 736.0603(1), Florida Statutes (2007), which provides

Swan v. Trost

100 So. 3d 1205, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 19550, 2012 WL 5458080

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 9, 2012 | Docket: 60225563

Published

account only to the settlor, Erich Trost. See § 736.0603(1), Fla. Stat. (2009) (“While a trust is revocable

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