The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLII
ESTATES AND TRUSTS

Chapter 736
FLORIDA TRUST CODE

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F.S. 736.1108

736.1108 Penalty clause for contest.—

(1) A provision in a trust instrument purporting to penalize any interested person for contesting the trust instrument or instituting other proceedings relating to a trust estate or trust assets is unenforceable.

(2) This section applies to trusts created on or after October 1, 1993. For purposes of this subsection, a revocable trust shall be treated as created when the right of revocation terminates.

History.—s. 11, ch. 2006-217.

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Amendments to 736.1108

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 736.1108

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 736.1108.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

M. DINKINS, v. L. DINKINS,, 120 So. 3d 601 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2013)

. . . .” § 736.1108(1), Fla. Stat. (2010). . . . contest an instrument and the right to take under it, and this public policy is codified in section 736.1108 . . . purpose of the legal right forfeited, and thus does not penalize the beneficiary for purposes of section 736.1108 . . .