Florida Statute 736.1108 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLII
ESTATES AND TRUSTS

Chapter 736
FLORIDA TRUST CODE

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F.S. 736.1108

736.1108 Penalty clause for contest.—

(1) A provision in a trust instrument purporting to penalize any interested person for contesting the trust instrument or instituting other proceedings relating to a trust estate or trust assets is unenforceable.

(2) This section applies to trusts created on or after October 1, 1993. For purposes of this subsection, a revocable trust shall be treated as created when the right of revocation terminates.

History.—s. 11, ch. 2006-217.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 736.1108

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 736.1108.

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Cases Citing Statute 736.1108

Total Results: 2

WILLIAM L. RAMOS, JR. v. MICHAEL HALPERN, etc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2021-11-30T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: requested the trial court bifurcate the 1 See § 736.1108(1), Fla. Stat. (2013) (providing: “A provision

Dinkins v. Dinkins

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2013-07-26T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 120 So. 3d 601, 2013 WL 3834371, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 11732

Snippet: trust estate or trust assets is unenforceable.” § 736.1108(1), Fla. Stat. (2010). The parties agree that … and this public policy is codified in section 736.1108(1) and its probate analogue, section 732.517. …penalize the beneficiary for purposes of section 736.1108(1). Cf. Restatement (Second) of Prop.: Don. Trans