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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLII
ESTATES AND TRUSTS
Chapter 733
PROBATE CODE: ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES
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733.603 Personal representative to proceed without court order.A personal representative shall proceed expeditiously with the settlement and distribution of a decedent’s estate and, except as otherwise specified by this code or ordered by the court, shall do so without adjudication, order, or direction of the court. A personal representative may invoke the jurisdiction of the court to resolve questions concerning the estate or its administration.
History.s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 1002, ch. 97-102; s. 126, ch. 2001-226.

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In Re Est. of McMillian, 603 So. 2d 685 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992).

Cited 6 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1992 WL 197799

...f my death." In addition to being entitled to petition for determination of beneficiaries, the personal representative may also "invoke the jurisdiction of the circuit court to resolve judicial questions concerning the estate or its administration." § 733.603, Fla....
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Wolf Sanitary Wiping Cloth, Inc. v. Wolf, 526 So. 2d 702 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 13 Fla. L. Weekly 1152, 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 1916, 1988 WL 44489

...necessarily follows that such a suit cannot be brought through a declaratory action in a probate proceeding. [4] A personal representative may invoke the jurisdiction of the court to resolve judicial questions about an estate or its administration, section 733.603, Florida Statutes (1985), and may maintain an action to determine title to or recover possession of property, section 733.607, Florida Statutes (1985)....
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In Re Amendments to the Florida Prob. Rules, 73 So. 3d 205 (Fla. 2011).

Cited 2 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 36 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 541, 2011 Fla. LEXIS 2287, 2011 WL 4467595

...§ 733.504, Fla. Stat. Removal of personal representative; causes for removal. § 733.505, Fla. Stat. Jurisdiction in removal proceedings. § 733.506, Fla. Stat. Proceedings for removal. § 733.5061, Fla. Stat. Appointment of successor upon removal. § 733.603, Fla....
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Florida Bar, 537 So. 2d 500 (Fla. 1988).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 13 Fla. L. Weekly 601, 1988 Fla. LEXIS 1463, 1988 WL 143178

...F.S. 733.208 Discovery of later will. F.S. 733.504 Causes of removal of personal representative. F.S. 733.505 Jurisdiction in removal proceedings. F.S. 733.506 Proceedings for removal. F.S. 733.507 Administration following resignation or removal. F.S. 733.603 Personal representative to proceed without court order....
...6) petition to purchase on credit; (7) petition for distribution and discharge; and (8) resignation of personal representative. *525 Committee Notes Rule History 1975 Revision: Where the jurisdiction of the court is invoked voluntarily pursuant to F.S. 733.603, or otherwise, the rule requires that the personal representative have actual knowledge of the more important steps and acts of administration....
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Florida Bar, 531 So. 2d 1261 (Fla. 1988).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 13 Fla. L. Weekly 601, 1988 Fla. LEXIS 1475, 1988 WL 53983

...F.S. 733.208 Discovery of later will. F.S. 733.504 Causes of removal of personal representative. F.S. 733.505 Jurisdiction in removal proceedings. F.S. 733.506 Proceedings for removal. F.S. 733.507 Administration following resignation or removal. F.S. 733.603 Personal representative to proceed without court order....
...petition to purchase on credit; (7) Petition petition for distribution and discharge; and (8) Resignation resignation of personal representative. Committee Notes 1975 Revision: Where the jurisdiction of the court is invoked voluntarily pursuant to F.S. 733.603, or otherwise, the rule requires that the personal representative have actual knowledge of the more important steps and acts of administration....
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In Re: Amendments to the Florida Prob. Rules-2018 Fast-track Report., 253 So. 3d 983 (Fla. 2018).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida

Appointment of successor upon removal. § 733.603, Fla. Stat. Personal representative to proceed
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Florida Bar re Amendment to Rules, 458 So. 2d 1079 (Fla. 1984).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 9 Fla. L. Weekly 401, 1984 Fla. LEXIS 3390

...*1082 F.S. 733.105 Determination of beneficiaries. F.S. 733.109 Revocation of probate. F.S. 733.207 Establishment and probate of lost or destroyed will. F.S. 733.208 Discovery of later will. F.S. 733.507 Administration following resignation or removal. F.S. 733.603 Personal representative to proceed without court order....
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Florida Nat'l Bank v. Glock, 495 So. 2d 280 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 11 Fla. L. Weekly 2112, 1986 Fla. App. LEXIS 9943

...We find the trial court erred on December 5, 1985, and again on January 27, 1986, by interpreting the order of October 31, 1985, as an order intended to set forth the total and final fees for the personal representative as well as for the attorney. Although not required to do so by section 733.603, Florida Statutes (1985), the bank, out of an apparent abundance of caution, petitioned the court for approval of a partial distribution as well as for the payment of partial personal representative’s and partial attorney’s fees....
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Amendments to Florida Prob. Rules, 807 So. 2d 622 (Fla. 2001).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 26 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 663, 2001 Fla. LEXIS 2009, 2001 WL 1194323

Administration following resignation or removal. § 733.603, Fla. Stat. Personal representative to proceed
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Williams v. State, 711 So. 2d 41 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 2273, 1998 WL 101538

...ate for her own use. Ordinarily, personal representatives in Florida may lawfully reimburse themselves for expenses they have reasonably incurred on behalf of an estate, as well as disburse money to pay the estate’s other just debts. §§ 733.602, 733.603, 733.607, 733.608, 733.612, and 733.617, Fla....
...She further testified that she spent two thousand dollars of the money on clothing for two of her mother’s grandchildren, one of whom had been dependent on her mother at the time of her death. We do not suggest that the evidence Ms. Williams adduced in her own case was exonerating. In this connection, see section 733.603, Florida Statutes (1997)....
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Amendments to the Florida Prob. Rules, 848 So. 2d 1069 (Fla. 2003).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 28 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 495, 2003 Fla. LEXIS 1063, 2003 WL 21402500

...Causes of rRemoval of personal representative; causes for removal. § 733.505, Fla. Stat. Jurisdiction in removal proceedings. § 733.506, Fla. Stat. Proceedings for removal. § 733.5061, Fla. Stat. Appointment of successor upon removal. ■§-733.507, Fla. Sta^Administration following resignation or-removal. § 733.603, Fla....
...laim; (f) petition to purchase on credit; (g) petition for distribution and discharge; and (h) resignation of personal representative. Committee Notes Rule History 1975 Revision: Where the jurisdiction of the court is invoked voluntarily pursuant to section 733.603, Florida Statutes, or otherwise, the rule requires that the personal representative have actual knowledge of the more important steps and acts of administration....
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In Re: Amendments to Florida Prob. Rules (Fla. 2024).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...Removal of personal representative; causes for removal. § 733.505, Fla. Stat. Jurisdiction in removal proceedings. § 733.506, Fla. Stat. Proceedings for removal. § 733.5061, Fla. Stat. Appointment of successor upon removal. § 733.603, Fla....
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In Re Amend. to Florida Prob. Rules, 986 So. 2d 576 (Fla. 2008).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 33 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 542, 2008 Fla. LEXIS 1242, 2008 WL 2686339

...§ 733.504, Fla. Stat. Removal of personal representative; causes for removal. § 733.505, Fla. Stat. Jurisdiction in removal proceedings. § 733.506, Fla. Stat. Proceedings for removal. § 733.5061, Fla. Stat. Appointment of successor upon removal. § 733.603, Fla....
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Disque v. Unger, 955 So. 2d 1121 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2007 Fla. App. LEXIS 366, 2007 WL 101375

...litigation expenses would reduce the amount of money in the estate. When the personal representative found himself in a quandary as to whether to file this lawsuit, he should have sought court approval before filing the lawsuit, as is authorized by section 733.603, Florida Statutes (2003). When the trial court concluded, on its own, that pursuing this litigation was not in the best interest of the estate, it was simply doing what was contemplated by section 733.603....
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Dribin v. Est. of Nolan, 801 So. 2d 249 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 17481, 2001 WL 1576642

...Estate. Under the facts of this case, the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to extend the time for a final accounting and petition for discharge and in summarily administratively closing the Estate prior to the completion of remediation. Section 733.603, Florida Statutes, provides that a personal representative shall proceed expeditiously with the settlement and distribution of a decedent’s estate without adjudication, order or direction of the court....