Florida Statute 735.301 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title XLII
ESTATES AND TRUSTS

Chapter 735
PROBATE CODE: SMALL ESTATES

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735.301 Disposition without administration.—

(1) No administration shall be required or formal proceedings instituted upon the estate of a decedent leaving only personal property exempt under the provisions of s. 732.402, personal property exempt from the claims of creditors under the State Constitution, and nonexempt personal property the value of which does not exceed the sum of the amount of preferred funeral expenses and reasonable and necessary medical and hospital expenses of the last 60 days of the last illness.

(2) Upon informal application by affidavit, letter, or otherwise by any interested party, and if the court is satisfied that subsection (1) is applicable, the court, by letter or other writing under the seal of the court, may authorize the payment, transfer, or disposition of the personal property, tangible or intangible, belonging to the decedent to those persons entitled.

(3) Any person, firm, or corporation paying, delivering, or transferring property under the authorization shall be forever discharged from liability thereon.

History.—s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 111, ch. 75-220; s. 50, ch. 77-87; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 275, ch. 79-400; s. 52, ch. 98-421; s. 184, ch. 2001-226.

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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

...FPR 5.420 Disposition of personal property without administration. Committee Vote: Unanimous RULE 5.410. EXEMPT ESTATES (Deleted September 13, 1984; Effective January 1, 1985). 1984 Revision: The rule has been deleted as being substantive rather than procedural. See F.S. 735.301....

...nying statements or payment receipts regarding priority expenses. Paragraph (b) added to require persons entitled to exempt property to agree to the proposed disposition. Committee notes expanded. Statutory References F.S. 732.402 Exempt property. F.S. 735.301 Disposition without administration....

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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

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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

...Statutory References F.S. 732.402 Exempt property. Art. X, § 4, Fla. Const. Rule 5.410. Deleted September 13, 1984, Effective January 1, 1985 Committee Notes Rule History 1984 Revision: The rule has been deleted as being substantive rather than procedural. See F.S. 735.301....

...Committee Notes Rule History 1977 Revision: Permits the clerk to perform limited ministerial acts in the completion of the application. 1984 Revision: Editorial changes. Delineates the required contents of the application. Committee notes revised. Statutory Reference F.S. 735.301 Disposition without administration....

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In re Supplemental Petition for Changes in the Florida Rules of Prob. & Guardianship Procedure, 344 So. 2d 828 (Fla. 1977).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1977 Fla. LEXIS 3890

as to disposition without administration. Section 735.-301, Florida Statutes (1975), states: “Any person

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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

...proposed disposition. Committee notes expanded. 1992 Revision: Editorial change. Committee notes revised. Citation form changes in committee notes. 2003 Revision: Committee notes revised. Statutory References § 732.402, Fla. Stat. Exempt property. § 735.301, Fla....