The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLII
ESTATES AND TRUSTS

Chapter 736
FLORIDA TRUST CODE

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F.S. 736.0501

736.0501 Rights of beneficiary’s creditor or assignee.—Except as provided in s. 736.0504, to the extent a beneficiary’s interest is not subject to a spendthrift provision, the court may authorize a creditor or assignee of the beneficiary to reach the beneficiary’s interest by attachment of present or future distributions to or for the benefit of the beneficiary or by other means. The court may limit the award to such relief as is appropriate under the circumstances.

History.—s. 5, ch. 2006-217; s. 11, ch. 2007-153.

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Amendments to 736.0501

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 736.0501

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 736.0501.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

ZLATKISS v. ALL AMERICA TEAM CONCEPTS, LLC, Et Al., 125 So. 3d 953 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2013)

. . . Against Wells Fargo, Plaintiffs sought a declaration that sections 736.0501-.0507, Florida Statutes ( . . . Spendthrift provisions have long been recognized as valid in Florida and sections 736.0501-.0507 additionally . . . Plaintiffs’ constitutional challenge to sections 736.0501-.0507 is premised on article I, section 21 . . . Plaintiffs contend that sections 736.0501-.0507 abolished a “common law” right “to execute a monetary . . . trust assets against judgment or other creditors) at common law, long before the adoption of sections 736.0501 . . .