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Fla. Stat. § 744.1025 (2025)

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744.1025 Additional definitions.The definitions contained in the Florida Probate Code shall be applicable to the Florida Guardianship Law, unless the context requires otherwise, insofar as such definitions do not conflict with definitions contained in this law.
History.s. 2, ch. 79-221; s. 5, ch. 89-96.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1988–2026 · leading case: Hayes v. Guardianship of Thompson, 952 So. 2d 498 (Fla. 2006).
Hayes v. Guardianship of Thompson, 952 So. 2d 498 (Fla. 2006). · cites it 2× “[11] See § 744.1025, Fla. Stat. (2006) ("The definitions contained in the Florida Probate Code shall be applicable to the Florida Guardianship Law, unless the context requires otherwise, insofar as such definitions do not conflict with definitions contained in this law.”
Swan v. Trost, 100 So. 3d 1205 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012). “Florida guardianship section 744.1025 and Florida Probate Rule 5.”
Clarke v. Schimmel, 774 So. 2d 7 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000). “Section 744.1025 provides that the definitions in the probate code shall apply to guardianship law.”
Patricia Ash, Etc. v. Hyman Ash, Etc. (Fla. 3d DCA 2026). “(2024); see also § 744.1025, Fla. Stat. (“The definitions contained in the Florida Probate Code shall be applicable to the Florida Guardianship Law, unless the context requires 2 Patricia’s petition for interested person status followed on the heels of the Florida Supreme…”
Florida Bar, 531 So. 2d 1261 (Fla. 1988). “See also definitions in F.S. 744.1025. *1331 1988 Revision: Rule deleted on the basis that the definitions in the rule are the same as or substantially similar to those contained in P.”
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