The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)
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. . . . § 733.617(1), and “[a] trustee is entitled to be reimbursed out of the trust property ... for reasonable . . .
. . . See §§ 733.617(1) & 733.6171(3), Fla. . . .
. . . . § 733.617, Fla. Stat. Compensation of personal representative. § 733.6171, Fla. Stat. . . .
. . . Section 733.617, Florida Statutes, provides for compensation to the P.R. for ordinary services. . . . In contrast, section 733.617 provides that “[t]he commission shall be based on the compensable value . . .
. . . renounce the will’s compensation provisions by electing to be compensated for services under Section 733.617 . . .
. . . . § 733.617, Fla. Stat. Compensation of personal representative. § 733.6171, Fla. Stat. . . .
. . . and counsel both sought fees based on the sliding scale percentage fee rate provided for in sections 733.617 . . . The court’s decision to award fees based on the sliding scales provided in section 733.617 for the P.R . . .
. . . The Foundation contended that this award is improper and argued that section 733.617(5) violates the . . . See § 733.617(7)Fla. Stat. (1999). . . . Subsection 733.617(5) provides: If the probate estate’s value as defined in subsection (1) is $100,000 . . . personal representatives according to the services rendered by each of them respectively. .Subsection 733.617 . . .
. . . Both parties agree the relevant statute is section 733.617, Florida Statutes (1985). . . . trial court reflected the court’s weighing of evidence addressing the factors contained in section 733.617 . . . Section 733.617(1), Florida Statutes (1985) provides: (1) Personal representatives, attorneys, accountants . . . (g) The experience, reputation, diligence, and ability of the person performing the services. § 733.617 . . .
. . . conflict between Bitterman and the Williams College cases arises out of the application of section 733.617 . . . for both personal representatives and attorneys for personal representatives was covered by section 733.617 . . . created a new section, after which the compensation for personal representatives was covered by section 733.617 . . . that the administration of Bitterman’s estate was covered by 733.6171 (the 1993 amendment) rather than 733.617 . . . Ward advances several arguments in support of the award of Roby’s fees, but the application of section 733.617 . . .
. . . . §§ 733.602, 733.603, 733.607, 733.608, 733.612, and 733.617, Fla. Stat. (1997). . . .
. . . Platt involved the application of section 733.617, Florida Statutes (1989), which provided that an attorney . . .
. . . In so concluding, we do not reach the question of whether section 733.617, Florida Statutes (Supp.1990 . . .
. . . . ■ The first matter in dispute is whether section 733.617, Florida Statutes (1991), or section 733.6171 . . . In 1993, the Legislature amended section 733.617, Florida Statutes (1991). . . . What remained after the amendment was section 733.617, which applies to compensation of personal representatives . . . the holding of In re Estate of Duval, 174 So.2d 580 (Fla. 2d DCA 1965) and the application of section 733.617 . . .
. . . Ward advances several arguments in support of the award of Roby’s fees, but the application of section 733.617 . . .
. . . personal representatives and lawyers seeking fees, should follow the guidelines set out in section 733.617 . . .
. . . We agree with Garland that in light of sections 733.617 and 733.6171, Florida Statutes (1993), which . . . Although sections 733.617 and 733.6171 did not became effective until after the Locke estate was closed . . . personal representative, Garland would be entitled to at least three percent of the $590,000 estate. § 733.617 . . .
. . . regarding the reasonableness of appellee’s fees, taking into account the criteria established in section 733.617 . . .
. . . not applicable to the determination of attorney’s fees and personal representative fees under section 733.617 . . . Factors to be considered by a trial judge were added to section 733.617 in 1975. . . . In 1976, this statute was amended to read as follows: 733.617 Compensation of personal representatives . . . Section 733.617(l)(e), Florida Statutes (1989), now reads: “The nature and value of the assets of the . . . Patterson next argues that the clause in section 733.617(1) which reads that “[reasonable compensation . . .
. . . Section 733.617, Fla.Stat. (1987). . . . Sections 733.617(l)(a), (c) and (d), Fla.Stat. (1987). . . . Section 733.617(l)(f), Fla.Stat. (1987). . . . 472 So.2d 1145 (Fla.1985) need not be applied in the determination of attorney’s fees under section 733.617 . . . SHARP, JJ., concur. . 733.617 Compensation of personal representatives and professionals.— (1) Personal . . .
. . . In Platt, the Florida Supreme Court held that under section 733.617(1) “trial judges were required to . . . under review here was based upon all of the factors enumerated in the probate fee statute, section 733.617 . . . Section 733.617(1) provides that reasonable compensation for personal representatives and their attorneys . . .
. . . a personal representative and the professionals it hires, the trial court is controlled by section 733.617 . . . Section 733.617, Florida Statutes (1987) provides as follows: (1)Personal representatives, attorneys, . . .
. . . Section 733.617 (1987), Florida Statutes, governs the assessment of fees in this probate estate. . . .
. . . the fact, however, the beneficiaries contend that Diener can receive no fee, arguing that subsection 733.617 . . . While subsection 733.617(3) provides specific authority for compensation of Florida Bar members, it does . . . The thrust of sections 733.106 and 733.617, Florida Statutes, is to provide for the employment and compensation . . . of such professionals as may be needed in connection with probate, and we interpret subsection 733.617 . . . Subsection 733.617 provides: (1) Personal representatives, attorneys, accountants, and appraisers and . . .
. . . The court determined, applying either the factors set forth in section 733.617, Florida Statutes (1987 . . . Section 733.617, Florida Statutes (1987), provides the criteria for determination of reasonable compensation . . . authorize the personal representative to hire attorneys and to litigate on behalf of an estate) and section 733.617 . . .
. . . not applicable to the determination of attorney’s fees and personal representative fees under section 733.617 . . . Section 733.617, Florida Statutes (1987), provides that reasonable compensation shall be based upon " . . . The title to that act states as follows: An Act relating to the Florida Probate Code: amending § 733.617 . . .
. . . SCA Services of Florida, Inc., 488 So.2d 873 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986); § 733.617, Fla.Stat. (1987). . . .
. . . Pressly, Jr. as expert witness is true; and the court having reviewed in depth Florida Statutes Section 733.617 . . . , is not applicable to this situation because there is a specific statute, Florida Statutes Section 733.617 . . .
. . . . § 733.617, Fla.Stat. (1981). Id. at 798. (footnote omitted). . . .
. . . made by the Petitioner to evaluate his attorney’s fees on the basis of the criteria set forth in F.S. 733.617 . . . counsel attempted to go down the list and assess a value to each one of the criteria listed in F.S. 733.617 . . . The Court finds that based upon Rowe and Florida Statutes 733.617, that the reasonable services articulated . . .
. . . administration of an estate that an expert witness, through consideration of the factors set forth in section 733.617 . . .
. . . compensation at $1,200 per year, and permitting him instead to claim compensation pursuant to Section 733.617 . . . At issue before us is the lower court’s construction of section 733.617(2), stating: If a will provides . . . We have found no cases in Florida construing Section 733.617(2), Florida Statutes; nevertheless we do . . . Similarly, a fair reading of Section 733.617(2), Florida Statutes, conveys the meaning that if a personal . . . There is no provision contained in section 733.617(2) as to a specific time for renunciation, and in . . .
. . . Section 733.617, Florida Statutes (Supp.1976), the controlling statute, relates to compensation of personal . . .
. . . On our consideration of the record, and an application of Section 733.617, Florida Statutes (1979) (the . . .
. . . Section 733.617, Florida Statutes (1981), provides as follows: Compensation of personal representatives . . .
. . . instructions to compensate appellee for his services at a rate to be determined as provided in Section 733.617 . . .
. . . aside and that the new award was based upon quantum meruit and upon the criteria established by Section 733.617 . . .
. . . This rule is intended to fully comply with the provision of section 733.617, Florida Statutes (1975). . . .
. . . . § 733.617, Fla.Stat. (1977). . . .
. . . DuVal, 174 So.2d 580, 589 (Fla.2d DCA 1965); In re Estate of Dean, 144 So.2d 65 (Fla.2d DCA 1962); § 733.617 . . .
. . . This rule is intended to fully comply with the provision of Section 733.617, Florida Statutes (1975). . . .
. . . Section 733.617, Florida Statutes, effective 1975, alleviates the fee aspect as a problem in the probate . . .