Florida Statute 733.619 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title XLII
ESTATES AND TRUSTS

Chapter 733
PROBATE CODE: ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES

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F.S. 733.619

733.619 Individual liability of personal representative.—

(1) Unless otherwise provided in the contract, a personal representative is not individually liable on a contract, except a contract for attorney’s fee, properly entered into as fiduciary unless the personal representative fails to reveal that representative capacity and identify the estate in the contract.

(2) A personal representative is individually liable for obligations arising from ownership or control of the estate or for torts committed in the course of administration of the estate only if personally at fault.

(3) Claims based on contracts, except a contract for attorney’s fee, entered into by a personal representative as a fiduciary, on obligations arising from ownership or control of the estate, or on torts committed in the course of estate administration, may be asserted against the estate by proceeding against the personal representative in that capacity, whether or not the personal representative is individually liable.

(4) Issues of liability as between the estate and the personal representative individually may be determined in a proceeding for accounting, surcharge, or indemnification, or other appropriate proceeding.

History.—s. 82, ch. 75-220; s. 32, ch. 77-87; s. 228, ch. 77-104; s. 1015, ch. 97-102; s. 144, ch. 2001-226.

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Cases Citing Statute 733.619

Total Results: 23

Young v. Johnson

538 So. 2d 1387, 1989 WL 17239

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 3, 1989 | Docket: 1517079

Cited 9 times | Published

PARKER and PATTERSON, JJ., concur. NOTES [1] See § 733.619(2), Fla. Stat. (1983). See also, Zeleny v. Karnosh

Huguenor v. Huguenor

420 So. 2d 344

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 6, 1982 | Docket: 1711407

Cited 4 times | Published

interested persons under section 733.609 and section 733.619(2), Florida Statutes (1979), and thus amenable

Langer v. Fels

93 So. 3d 1069, 2012 WL 2327921, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 9949

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 20, 2012 | Docket: 60310423

Cited 3 times | Published

personal representative’s powers; and (iii) section 733.619(2), establishing individual liability against

Kathleen G. Kozinski, etc. v. Amy Stabenow and Nora Faul

152 So. 3d 650, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 18086, 2014 WL 5611595

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 5, 2014 | Docket: 2592849

Cited 2 times | Published

indemnification, or other appropriate proceeding.” § 733.619(4), Fla. Stat. (2014) (emphasis added). In

In Re Amendments to the Florida Probate Rules

73 So. 3d 205, 36 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 541, 2011 Fla. LEXIS 2287, 2011 WL 4467595

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Sep 28, 2011 | Docket: 2359764

Cited 2 times | Published

exercise of power; breach of fiduciary duty. § 733.619(2), (4), Fla. Stat. Individual liability of personal

In Re: Amendments to Florida Probate Rules

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jul 3, 2024 | Docket: 68913248

Published

exercise of power; breach of fiduciary duty. § 733.619(2), (4), Fla. Stat. Individual liability of personal

In RE: AMENDMENTS TO the FLORIDA PROBATE RULES-2018 FAST-TRACK REPORT.

253 So. 3d 983

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Sep 27, 2018 | Docket: 7943255

Published

exercise of power; breach of fiduciary duty. § 733.619(2), (4), Fla. Stat. Individual liability of personal

Kaplan v. Kaplan

903 F. Supp. 2d 1304, 2012 WL 5396204, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 161480

District Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Oct 30, 2012 | Docket: 65986323

Published

632 So.2d 1101 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994). However, Section 733.619(2) ensures a heightened standard of liability

Smith v. DeParry

86 So. 3d 1228, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 6880, 2012 WL 1521541

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 2, 2012 | Docket: 60307596

Published

McMillan, 26 Fla. 543, 8 So. 450 (1890)). But cf. § 733.619(2) (“A personal representative is individually

In Re Amend. to Florida Probate Rules

986 So. 2d 576, 33 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 542, 2008 Fla. LEXIS 1242, 2008 WL 2686339

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jul 10, 2008 | Docket: 1426902

Published

exercise of power; breach of fiduciary duty. § 733.619(2), (4), Fla. Stat. Individual liability of personal

Amendments to the Florida Probate Rules

848 So. 2d 1069, 28 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 495, 2003 Fla. LEXIS 1063, 2003 WL 21402500

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jun 19, 2003 | Docket: 64823856

Published

exercise of power; breach of fiduciary duty. § 733.619(2), (4), Fla. Stat. Individual liability of personal

Amendments to Florida Probate Rules

807 So. 2d 622, 26 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 663, 2001 Fla. LEXIS 2009, 2001 WL 1194323

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Oct 11, 2001 | Docket: 64812578

Published

exercise of power; breach of fiduciary duty. § 733.619(2), (4), Fla. Stat. Individual liability of personal

Schumann v. Weathers

643 So. 2d 690, 1994 Fla. App. LEXIS 9959, 1994 WL 559634

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 14, 1994 | Docket: 64751431

Published

charged with duty of carrying on business). . Section 733.619, Fla.Stat. (1991) provides: (2) A personal

Luria v. World Evangelism

611 So. 2d 5, 1992 Fla. App. LEXIS 12516, 1992 WL 367334

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 15, 1992 | Docket: 64693114

Published

the estate only if he is personally at fault. § 733.619, Fla.Stat. (1991) (emphasis added). Here, the

Phipps v. Estate of Burdine

586 So. 2d 381, 1991 Fla. App. LEXIS 7732, 1991 WL 148348

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 8, 1991 | Docket: 64661758

Published

resulting from a breach of his fiduciary duty,” section 733.619(2) further provides “[a] personal representative

Moore v. Moore

577 So. 2d 1359, 1991 Fla. App. LEXIS 3021, 1991 WL 45755

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 3, 1991 | Docket: 64658041

Published

time for any funds missing due to her fault. § 733.619, Pla.Stat. (1985). If she fails to obey this new

American Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Fraiser

545 So. 2d 405, 14 Fla. L. Weekly 1416, 1989 Fla. App. LEXIS 3283, 1989 WL 61537

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 13, 1989 | Docket: 64643276

Published

administration. . For the same reasons, Section 733.619, Florida Statutes, authorizing suits against

Durden v. Century 21 Compass Points, Inc.

541 So. 2d 1264, 1989 WL 22554

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 16, 1989 | Docket: 470440

Published

Trusts, 28 Harvard Law Review 725 (1915). Section 733.619(3), Florida Statutes, provides as follows:

Rainier v. Calhoun

534 So. 2d 735, 13 Fla. L. Weekly 2390, 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 4713, 1988 WL 110860

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 25, 1988 | Docket: 64638884

Published

representative in his fiduciary capacity pursuant to section 733.619(3), Florida Statutes (1987). Moreover, the

Florida Bar

537 So. 2d 500, 13 Fla. L. Weekly 601, 1988 Fla. LEXIS 1463, 1988 WL 143178

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Sep 29, 1988 | Docket: 64640022

Published

exercise of power; breach of fiduciary duty. F.S. 733.619(2) and (4) Individual liability of personal

Florida Bar

537 So. 2d 500, 13 Fla. L. Weekly 601, 1988 Fla. LEXIS 1463, 1988 WL 143178

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Sep 29, 1988 | Docket: 64640022

Published

exercise of power; breach of fiduciary duty. F.S. 733.619(2) and (4) Individual liability of personal

Florida Bar

531 So. 2d 1261, 13 Fla. L. Weekly 601, 1988 Fla. LEXIS 1475, 1988 WL 53983

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Sep 29, 1988 | Docket: 64637451

Published

exercise of power; breach of fiduciary duty. F.S. 733.619(2) and (4) Individual liability of personal

Florida Bar re Amendment to Rules

458 So. 2d 1079, 9 Fla. L. Weekly 401, 1984 Fla. LEXIS 3390

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Sep 13, 1984 | Docket: 64608151

Published

representative to proceed without court order. F.S. 733.619(2) and (4) Individual liability of personal