Florida Statute 744.626 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLIII
DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Chapter 744
GUARDIANSHIP

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F.S. 744.626

744.626 Exemption of benefits from claims of creditors.—Except as provided by federal law, payments of benefits from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or the Social Security Administration to or for the benefit of a disabled veteran or the veteran’s surviving spouse or dependents are exempt from the claims of creditors and shall not be liable to attachment, levy, or seizure by or under any legal or equitable process whatever, either before or after the receipt of the payments by the guardian or the beneficiary.

History.—s. 9, ch. 84-62; s. 48, ch. 93-268; s. 1121, ch. 97-102.

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Arnold, Matheny, Pa v. First Am. Holdings

982 So. 2d 628, 33 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 268, 2008 Fla. LEXIS 755, 2008 WL 1901686

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: May 1, 2008 | Docket: 2518612

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Fla. Stat. (2007); and veterans' benefits, see § 744.626, Fla. Stat. (2007). However, the Legislature has