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Florida Statute 736.1013 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLII
ESTATES AND TRUSTS
Chapter 736
FLORIDA TRUST CODE
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F.S. 736.1013
736.1013 Limitation on personal liability of trustee.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in the contract, a trustee is not personally liable on a contract properly entered into in the trustee’s fiduciary capacity in the course of administering the trust if the trustee in the contract disclosed the fiduciary capacity.
(2) A trustee is personally liable for torts committed in the course of administering a trust or for obligations arising from ownership or control of trust property only if the trustee is personally at fault.
(3) A claim based on a contract entered into by a trustee in the trustee’s fiduciary capacity, on an obligation arising from ownership or control of trust property, or on a tort committed in the course of administering a trust may be asserted in a judicial proceeding against the trustee in the trustee’s fiduciary capacity, whether or not the trustee is personally liable for the claim.
(4) Issues of liability between the trust estate and the trustee individually may be determined in a proceeding for accounting, surcharge, or indemnification or in any other appropriate proceeding.
History.s. 10, ch. 2006-217.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 736.1013
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 736.1013.



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IN RE BERNARD L. MADOFF INVESTMENT SECURITIES LLC, H. L. LLC, v. J., 557 B.R. 89 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2016)

. . . . § 736.1013(2). . . .

CORYA, J. M. P. P. v. SANDERS,, 155 So. 3d 1279 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2015)

. . . . §§ 736.1002(1), 736.1013(2), Fla. Stat. (2008). . . .

A. SCIARETTA, a k a v. LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, v., 899 F. Supp. 2d 1318 (S.D. Fla. 2012)

. . . . § 736.1013(2) (2011) which provides: A trustee is personally liable for torts committed in the course . . .