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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLII
ESTATES AND TRUSTS
Chapter 739
FLORIDA UNIFORM DISCLAIMER OF PROPERTY INTERESTS ACT
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F.S. 739.104
739.104 Power to disclaim; general requirements; when irrevocable.
(1) A person may disclaim, in whole or in part, conditionally or unconditionally, any interest in or power over property, including a power of appointment. A person may disclaim the interest or power even if its creator imposed a spendthrift provision or similar restriction on transfer or a restriction or limitation on the right to disclaim. A disclaimer shall be unconditional unless the disclaimant explicitly provides otherwise in the disclaimer.
(2) With court approval, a fiduciary may disclaim, in whole or part, any interest in or power over property, including a power of appointment, except that a disclaimer of a power arising under s. 739.201(4) does not require court approval. Without court approval, a fiduciary may disclaim, in whole or in part, any interest in or power over property, including a power of appointment, if and to the extent that the instrument creating the fiduciary relationship explicitly grants the fiduciary the right to disclaim. In the absence of a court-appointed guardian, notwithstanding anything in chapter 744 to the contrary, without court approval, a natural guardian under s. 744.301 may disclaim on behalf of a minor child of the natural guardian, in whole or in part, any interest in or power over property, including a power of appointment, which the minor child is to receive solely as a result of another disclaimer, but only if the disclaimed interest or power does not pass to or for the benefit of the natural guardian as a result of the disclaimer.
(3) To be effective, a disclaimer must be in writing, declare the writing as a disclaimer, describe the interest or power disclaimed, and be signed by the person making the disclaimer and witnessed and acknowledged in the manner provided for deeds of real estate to be recorded in this state. In addition, for a disclaimer to be effective, an original of the disclaimer must be delivered or filed in the manner provided in s. 739.301.
(4) A partial disclaimer may be expressed as a fraction, percentage, monetary amount, term of years, limitation of a power, or any other interest or estate in the property.
(5) A disclaimer becomes irrevocable when any conditions to which the disclaimant has made the disclaimer subject are satisfied and when the disclaimer is delivered or filed pursuant to s. 739.301 or it becomes effective as provided in ss. 739.201-739.207, whichever occurs later.
(6) A disclaimer made under this chapter is not a transfer, assignment, or release.
History.s. 1, ch. 2005-108; s. 103, ch. 2006-1; s. 14, ch. 2009-115.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 739.104
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LEE, v. LEE,, 263 So. 3d 826 (Fla. App. Ct. 2019)

. . . 15, 2017, and ultimately determined that the disclaimer was both legally insufficient under section 739.104 . . . Pursuant to section 739.104 of the Florida Statutes, a person may disclaim any interest in or power over . . . Unless otherwise stated, a disclaimer filed under chapter 739 is unconditional. § 739.104(1), Fla. . . . estate, and (vi) be delivered in the manner provided in section 739.301 of the Florida Statutes. § 739.104 . . . The instant disclaimer meets each statutory requirement found in section 739.104(3). . . .