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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLII
ESTATES AND TRUSTS
Chapter 732
PROBATE CODE: INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS
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F.S. 732.702
732.702 Waiver of spousal rights.
(1) The rights of a surviving spouse to an elective share, intestate share, pretermitted share, homestead, exempt property, family allowance, and preference in appointment as personal representative of an intestate estate or any of those rights, may be waived, wholly or partly, before or after marriage, by a written contract, agreement, or waiver, signed by the waiving party in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. The requirement of witnesses shall be applicable only to contracts, agreements, or waivers signed by Florida residents after the effective date of this law. Any contract, agreement, or waiver executed by a nonresident of Florida, either before or after this law takes effect, is valid in this state if valid when executed under the laws of the state or country where it was executed, whether or not he or she is a Florida resident at the time of death. Unless the waiver provides to the contrary, a waiver of “all rights,” or equivalent language, in the property or estate of a present or prospective spouse, or a complete property settlement entered into after, or in anticipation of, separation, dissolution of marriage, or divorce, is a waiver of all rights to elective share, intestate share, pretermitted share, homestead, exempt property, family allowance, and preference in appointment as personal representative of an intestate estate, by the waiving party in the property of the other and a renunciation by the waiving party of all benefits that would otherwise pass to the waiving party from the other by intestate succession or by the provisions of any will executed before the written contract, agreement, or waiver.
(2) Each spouse shall make a fair disclosure to the other of that spouse’s estate if the agreement, contract, or waiver is executed after marriage. No disclosure shall be required for an agreement, contract, or waiver executed before marriage.
(3) No consideration other than the execution of the agreement, contract, or waiver shall be necessary to its validity, whether executed before or after marriage.
History.s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 39, ch. 75-220; s. 14, ch. 77-87; s. 56, ch. 2001-226.

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Z. SUDMAN, v. J. O BRIEN, S., 218 So. 3d 986 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

. . . See § 732.702(1). . . .

Dr. G. STONE, v. STONE, 157 So. 3d 295 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2014)

. . . .” § 732.702(1), Fla. Stat. (2011). . . .

FRISCIA, J. v. FRISCIA, 161 So. 3d 513 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2014)

. . . See § 732.702(1). . . . language is the type of “all rights” language that provides for a waiver of homestead under section 732.702 . . . See § 732.702(1) (emphasis added). . . . incorporated into a final judgment, it is analogous to the written homestead waivers enforced under section 732.702 . . .

S. STEFFENS, E. v. EVANS, S. S. A. S., 70 So. 3d 758 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2011)

. . . this Section 4.1.5. 4.2 The waiver contained herein is to be broadly construed pursuant to Section 732.702 . . . that “[t]he application of Paragraph 4.1 of the Post-Nuptial Agreement and Florida Statutes Section 732.702 . . . Section 732.702(1), Florida Statutes (2007), states that The rights of a surviving spouse to an elective . . . Tracking the language in section 732.702(1), the Post-Nuptial Agreement refers to the parties waiving . . . Ultimately, relying on section 732.702(1), the court determined that it had “no difficulty in deciding . . .

FOSTER, v. ESTATE OF GOMES,, 27 So. 3d 145 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2010)

. . . The personal representative moved to strike the petition for elective share, citing section 732.702(1 . . . Florida law does not require pri- or disclosure of assets for an antenuptial agreement. § 732.702(2). . . .

ZIVITZ, v. ZIVITZ P. A., 16 So. 3d 841 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)

. . . Blasingame, 564 So.2d 548, 545 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990) (holding that pursuant to section 732.702(1), Florida . . .

TAYLOR, v. TAYLOR,, 1 So. 3d 348 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)

. . . Our review is guided by section 732.702(1), Florida Statutes (1995), which provides as follows: The right . . . Application of section 732.702(1) leads us to conclude that the trial court erred in determining that . . . Section 732.702(1) does not require that the parties specify an intent to relinquish rights given to . . . not have been sufficient, standing alone, to constitute a waiver of the rights enumerated in section 732.702 . . . The prenuptial agreement was a valid waiver of the rights enumerated in section 732.702(1), and the trial . . .

CHAMES, v. DeMAYO, v., 972 So. 2d 850 (Fla. 2007)

. . . See also § 732.702(1), Fla. . . .

S. WEISFELD- LADD, v. In ESTATE OF K. LADD,, 920 So. 2d 1148 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

. . . of her rights to any of the decedent’s separate property” and that “[p]ursuant to Florida Statutes 732.702 . . . The parties agree that section 732.702(1), Florida Statutes (2002), allows an individual, prior to marriage . . . Section 732.702(1), Florida Statutes (2002), provides, in part, as follows: rights of a surviving spouse . . . shares” or “all rights,” was sufficient to waive the wife’s right to an elective share, as section 732.702 . . .

A. DIENSTAG, v. R. DIENSTAG,, 864 So. 2d 9 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)

. . . See § 732.702(2) Fla. Stat. (2003); Estate of Roberts v. Roberts, 388 So.2d 216, 217 (Fla.1980). . . .

MYERS, v. LEHRER, M. D. B., 671 So. 2d 864 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

. . . Tescher, 578 So.2d at 703; § 732.702(1), Fla.Stat. (1995); cf. Monks v. . . .

NAHAR, v. A- NAHAR,, 656 So. 2d 225 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

. . . See also § 732.702, Fla.Stat. (1991). But see Sanchez v. . . .

In ESTATE OF DUGGAN, S. WIDMAN, v. DUGGAN, T., 639 So. 2d 1071 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

. . . Nevertheless, he concluded, section 732.702, Florida Statutes (1991), “does not mean what it says, when . . . We begin first with the text of the statute which the court felt did not mean what it says: “732.702 . . . Certainly there is nothing in the text of section 732.702 remotely suggesting such a “Through The Looking-Glass . . . If section 732.702 does not entirely overrule Weeks, surely it codifies the public policy of this state . . . waiving any participation in her husband’s probate estate is found in the agreement itself and in section 732.702 . . .

B. JACOBS, v. W. O. JACOBS, a k a O. a k a W. O., 633 So. 2d 30 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

. . . . § 732.702(1), Fla.Stat. (1987). But the plaintiff below executed no such waiver at any time. . . .

KING, f k a v. T. ELLISON, a k a a k a a k a, 622 So. 2d 598 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

. . . Section 732.702(1), Florida Statutes (1975). This was not done. . . .

B. CUILLO, v. S. CUILLO,, 621 So. 2d 460 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

. . . In the early 1970s, the legislature adopted what is now codified as section 732.702(2), Florida Statutes . . . the court held: The rule announced in Del Vecchio was legislatively changed by that part of section 732.702 . . . coerced or otherwise improperly obtained or that she was incompetent at the time she signed, section 732.702 . . . involved a claim by surviving spouses that those prenuptial agreements were unenforceable, and section 732.702 . . . deci-sional rule is also applicable to dissolution of marriage proceedings: (1) the actual text of section 732.702 . . . Weintraub, 417 So.2d 629 (Fla.1982), the court held that section 732.702(2) does not apply outside probate . . .

OLIVEIRA, v. B. STURM, 610 So. 2d 108 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

. . . her death and is entitled to the entire intestate estate, unless a valid waiver or disclaimer, see §§ 732.702 . . . determining that the September 27 affidavit was a valid waiver of Oliveira’s rights pursuant to section 732.702 . . .

In ESTATE OF SHORE,, 605 So. 2d 951 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

. . . agreement was invalid due to the decedent’s failure to make a financial disclosure pursuant to section 732.702 . . . postnuptial agreement was invalid because neither party made a financial disclosure pursuant to section 732.702 . . .

IN RE ESTATE OF SHORE, 49 Fla. Supp. 2d 156 (Fla. Cir. Ct. 1991)

. . . postnuptial agreement fails because of the lack of fair-disclosure as required by Florida Statute § 732.702 . . .

CITY NATIONAL BANK OF FLORIDA, v. R. TESCHER,, 578 So. 2d 701 (Fla. 1991)

. . . See section 732.702(1), Florida Statutes (1975); Hulsh v. . . .

PEDRICK v. CITIZENS AND SOUTHERN TRUST COMPANY, 48 Fla. Supp. 2d 148 (Fla. Cir. Ct. 1991)

. . . Deed constitutes a valid waiver of her homestead rights in the subject property as provided under § 732.702 . . .

THOMAS, v. D. THOMAS,, 571 So. 2d 499 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

. . . The probate court ruled that the husband waived all rights under section 732.702, and denied the husband . . .

E. WADSWORTH, III, v. FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF FLORIDA,, 564 So. 2d 634 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

. . . Section 732.702(1), Florida Statutes permits a surviving spouse to waive her homestead rights, if done . . .

HARTWELL, v. BLASINGAME,, 564 So. 2d 543 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

. . . waived her constitutional homestead rights to this house in a prenuptial agreement pursuant to section 732.702 . . . Section 732.702(1), Florida Statutes (1979), states: Waiver of right to elect and of other rights.— ( . . . a spouse may validly waive his or her homestead rights through a prenuptial agreement under section 732.702 . . .

GORDON, v. RUSSELL, 561 So. 2d 603 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

. . . See § 732.702(2), Fla.Stat. (1989). . . .

In ESTATE OF F. SPANGENBERG. SPANGENBERG, v. K. TATE, F., 561 So. 2d 315 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

. . . In Trapani, this court held that section 732.702, Florida Statutes (1985), does not require a person . . . Span-genberg’s claim by relying upon the agreement and the provisions of section 732.702, Florida Statutes . . . Section 732.702(1) permits the rights of-a pretermitted spouse to be waived “by a written contract, agreement . . . Section 732.702(2) provides: Each spouse shall make a fair disclosure to the other of his* or her estate . . . Section 732.702(2) eliminates these requirements for valid prenuptial agreements in probate proceedings . . .

DELGADO, v. COTTA LOPEZ,, 546 So. 2d 1075 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)

. . . See § 732.702, Fla.Stat. (1987). . . . accordance with sections 732.201 and 732.301, but ruled that Joseph waived his rights under section 732.702 . . .

IN RE ESTATE OF WILLIAMS, 31 Fla. Supp. 2d 35 (Fla. Cir. Ct. 1988)

. . . The court is unable to locate any Florida case directly on point interpreting F.S. 732.702 in relation . . .

ESTATE OF H. SAGE, v. SAGE,, 515 So. 2d 1324 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

. . . . § 732.702(2), Fla. Stat. (1985). . . . The Supreme Court of Florida has looked to the date of death to determine whether to apply section 732.702 . . . signing of the agreement and the death of the decedent both occurred after the effective date of section 732.702 . . .

In ESTATE OF B. CLEEVES, C. JEWETT, v. SUN BANK SOUTHWEST, N. A. B. Co- B. B. B. C. C. C. B. CLEEVES, v. In ESTATE OF B. CLEEVES,, 509 So. 2d 1256 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

. . . Cleeves filed as copersonal representative, however, is not a contract as provided for by section 732.702 . . .

TRAPANI, v. GAGLIARDI,, 502 So. 2d 957 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

. . . been no disclosure of assets by either party, and that the agreement was invalid pursuant to section 732.702 . . . Section 732.702 provides in subsection (1) that certain rights of a surviving spouse “may be waived . . . . relating back in time to the premarital oral agreement and thus satisfied the requisites of section 732.702 . . . The court concluded that the written agreement was not enforceable because section 732.702 requires in . . . The legislative declarations in section 732.702 that no asset disclosure is necessary in connection with . . .

BARNETT BANK OF PALM BEACH COUNTY, v. ESTATE OF READ, Jr., 493 So. 2d 447 (Fla. 1986)

. . . the probate court pursuant to section 733.16, Florida Statutes, (1965) (the predecessor to section 732.702 . . .

M. STREGACK, v. D. MOLDOFSKY,, 474 So. 2d 206 (Fla. 1985)

. . . antenuptial agreement based upon fraudulent nondisclosure of assets by a decedent spouse, in light of section 732.702 . . . While acknowledging that section 732.702 eliminated the disclosure requirement for an antenuptial agreement . . . The legislature changed this rule by enacting subsection 732.702(2), which provides: “Each spouse shall . . . Relying on subsection 732.702(2), the Coleman court affirmed the denial of. a surviving spouse’s motion . . . Section 732.702 allows complete control over assets accumulated over a lifetime without fear that a partial . . . Section 732.702, Florida Statutes relieved each party from making a disclosure of his or her assets, . . .

B. HAHN, Jr. v. J. HAHN,, 465 So. 2d 1352 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)

. . . See § 732.702(2), Fla.Stat. (1983). . . . .

EVERED E. Jr. Co- Jr. v. EDSELL,, 464 So. 2d 1197 (Fla. 1985)

. . . Downing for the proposition that such a presumption is not warranted under section 732.702, Florida Statutes . . . coerced or otherwise improperly obtained or that she was incompetent at the time she signed, section 732.702 . . .

R. CRITCHLOW, v. T. WILLIAMSON, T. WILLIAMSON, v. R. CRITCHLOW,, 450 So. 2d 1153 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)

. . . In addition to the fact that this was not the basis for the court’s decision, we note that section 732.702 . . .

D. MOLDOFSKY, v. M. STREGACK,, 449 So. 2d 918 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)

. . . The sole question presented is whether section 732.702, Florida Statutes (1983), which eliminates the . . . In Estate of Roberts, 388 So.2d 216 (Fla.1980), the supreme court acknowledged that section 732.702 abrogated . . . The legislative purpose in adopting section 732.702(2) was to abrogate the long-established common law . . . In finding section 732.702(2) constitutional, the supreme court declared that: [t]he right to have an . . . To the extent Coleman may be interpreted to condone fraudulent nondisclosure under section 732.702(2) . . .

In ESTATE OF EDSELL, Jr. EDSELL, v. EVERED E. Jr. Co-, 447 So. 2d 263 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

. . . Section 732.702(2), Florida Statutes (1983) makes valid all antenuptial agreements, even in the absence . . . Section 732.702(2) provides: (2) Each spouse shall make a fair disclosure to the other of his or her . . .

B. COLEMAN, v. ESTATE OF S. COLEMAN,, 439 So. 2d 1016 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

. . . Del Vecchio, 143 So.2d 17 (Fla. 1962) and the effect on that case of Section 732.702, Florida Statutes . . . Subsequent to these decisions, however, the legislature added Section 732.702(2) pertaining to antenuptial . . . coerced or otherwise improperly obtained or that she was incompetent at the time she signed, section 732.702 . . .

In ESTATE OF TAPPER,, 432 So. 2d 135 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

. . . . §§ 732.701 «fe 732.702, Fla.Stat. (1981). . . .

HULSH v. R. HULSH,, 431 So. 2d 658 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

. . . Section 731.005(1), Florida Statutes (1975) (currently § 732.702(1), Fla.Stat. (1981)), provides: “The . . .

IN RE ESTATE OF RALPH JAMES EDSELL, JR., 3 Fla. Supp. 2d 163 (Fla. Cir. Ct. 1983)

. . . Under section 732.702 of the Florida Probate Code, an agreement so executed is binding without regard . . . The Florida Supreme Court has held that section 732.702 applies solely to probate proceedings, and that . . .

In ESTATE OF W. KENTON, Jr. W. Sr. v. KENTON,, 423 So. 2d 531 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982)

. . . contained in the separation agreement and signed by the wife, when read in conjunction with section 732.702 . . . UPCHURCH, Jr., and CO-WART, JJ., concur. . § 732.702 Fla.Stat. (1981): (1) The right of election of a . . .

FLAGSHIP NATIONAL BANK OF MIAMI Jr. v. KING,, 418 So. 2d 275 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982)

. . . The trial judge held that the provisions of Section 732.702(2), Fla.Stat. (1979), which require a “fair . . . Our disagreement with this position is necessarily based on our interpretation of Sec. 732.702, Fla.Stat . . . In this light, we ascribe no particular significance to the fact that Sec. 732.702(2) refers to agreements . . . waiver of his more valuable rights in hers and that, therefore, the “fair disclosure” contemplated by § 732.702 . . .

I. WEINTRAUB, v. L. WEINTRAUB,, 417 So. 2d 629 (Fla. 1982)

. . . court certified to have passed upon the following question of great public importance: Does Section 732.702 . . . The rule as to probate was changed in 1974 when the legislature enacted what is now section 732.702(2 . . . wealthier spouse, the antenuptial agreement will be valid in the absence of disclosure under section 732.702 . . . Section 732.702 provides: (1)The right of election of a surviving spouse, the rights of the surviving . . . Section 732.702 is found in Part VII of the Florida Probate Code, entitled “Contractual Arrangements . . .

HOLLAND, v. HOLLAND,, 406 So. 2d 496 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

. . . Section 732.702, Florida Statutes (1979), provides that the rights of a surviving spouse may be waived . . .

KOUCHEL, v. KOUCHEL, 403 So. 2d 2 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

. . . Estate of Roberts, 388 So.2d 216 (Fla.1980); Section 732.702(2), Florida Statutes (1976); Rule 1.100( . . .

ESTATE OF De GARCIA, v. GARCIA, De, 399 So. 2d 486 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

. . . Garcia of rights by virtue of a statute enacted after the execution of the agreement (F.S. 732.702) while . . . Section 732.702 provides that a right of election may be waived: (1) The right of election of a surviving . . . contract, or waiver shall be necessary to its validity, whether executed before or after marriage. § 732.702 . . . or undetermined assets, not only because the future is unforeseeable, but also because under section 732.702 . . . The waiver provisions of the statute in effect at the time of her death, section 732.702, Florida Statutes . . .

I. WEINTRAUB, v. L. WEINTRAUB,, 395 So. 2d 302 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

. . . The issues raised in this appeal are (1) whether Section 732.702, Florida Statutes (1977), is applicable . . . I agree with the majority that Section 732.702 is not applicable to dissolution of marriage proceedings . . . I reach this conclusion based on the fact that Section 732.702 is contained within Part VII of Chapter . . . (emphasis added) and 732.702 itself is entitled, “Waiver of Right to Elect and of other Rights,” and . . . My decision as to the inapplicability of 732.702 is consistent with that of the Third District Court . . . enforced by the chancellor was eliminated for certain purposes, at least, by a 1974 amendment to Section 732.702 . . . to eliminate those common law restrictions on “contractual arrangements relating to death,” Section 732.702 . . . of great public importance, Article V, Section 3(b)(4), Florida Constitution, namely: Does Section 732.702 . . .

BAKER, v. E. BAKER,, 394 So. 2d 465 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

. . . standards established in Del Vecchio as they apply to antenuptial agreements have been supplanted by § 732.702 . . .

TOPPER, v. STEWART,, 388 So. 2d 1270 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1980)

. . . Sam Liptzen having died in October 1976, we find that Section 732.702, Florida Statutes (1975, effective . . . Specifically, subsection 2 of the statute clearly states: “732.702 Waiver of right to elect and of other . . . (Nevertheless, we hasten to point out that Section 732.702, Florida Statutes (1975) is part of the Probate . . .

ESTATE L. ROBERTS, ROBERTS, v. W. ROBERTS,, 388 So. 2d 216 (Fla. 1980)

. . . Roberts appeals from a circuit court summary final judgment upholding the constitutionality of section 732.702 . . . She claims that section 732.702(2) is unconstitutional because it denies access to the courts, due process . . . Roberts did not make a fair disclosure of his wealth and claiming that section 732.702(2), the statute . . . Roberts argues that section 732.702(2) denies her access to the courts because it abolishes a common . . . The rule announced in Del Vecchio was legislatively changed by that part of section 732.702(2) which . . .

In ESTATE W. REED, W. REED, Jr. v. M. REED,, 354 So. 2d 864 (Fla. 1978)

. . . Although the standards established in Del Vecchio have been supplanted by statute, Section 732.702, Florida . . .