Florida Statute 736.1102 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLII
ESTATES AND TRUSTS

Chapter 736
FLORIDA TRUST CODE

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736.1102 Construction of terms.—The laws used to determine paternity and relationships for the purposes of intestate succession apply when determining whether class gift terminology and terms of relationship include adopted persons and persons born out of wedlock.

History.—s. 11, ch. 2006-217; s. 17, ch. 2010-132.

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Dennis v. Kline, 120 So. 3d 11 (Fla. 4th DCA 2013).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 9614, 2013 WL 3014115

...only to tailor our statutes to be “in the format of the Uniform Probate Code insofar as possible.” Id. *19 As a result, current Florida probate statutes treat adopted persons, both young and adult, equally with their biological counterparts. See § 736.1102, Fla....

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