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Fla. Stat. § 736.1101 (2025)
Rules of construction; general provisions.
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736.1101 Rules of construction; general provisions.—Except as provided in s. 736.0105(2):
(1) The intent of the settlor as expressed in the terms of the trust controls the legal effect of the dispositions made in the trust.
(2) The rules of construction as expressed in this part shall apply unless a contrary intent is indicated by the terms of the trust.
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case, 2019–2019 · leading case: Mateo Cortez v. Sandra Flesher Brown, No. 03-17-00365-CV (Tex. App.—Austin Feb. 28, 2019).
Mateo Cortez v. Sandra Flesher Brown, No. 03-17-00365-CV (Tex. App.—Austin Feb. 28, 2019). “” Finally, Cortez contends that because the Trust included Paragraph D, which postponed via a continuing trust the distribution of Trust assets to any beneficiary younger than thirty-five years old, and because Deborah was older than that when Phyllis died, “no continuing trust…”
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