Florida Statute 736.1108 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLII
ESTATES AND TRUSTS

Chapter 736
FLORIDA TRUST CODE

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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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Cases Citing Statute 736.1108

Total Results: 2

Dinkins v. Dinkins

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 26, 2013 | Docket: 60234150

Cited 2 times | Published

trust estate or trust assets is unenforceable.” § 736.1108(1), Fla. Stat. (2010). The parties agree that

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 1, 2021 | Docket: 61585910

Published

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

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