Estates
Probate overhaul doubles small-estate thresholds, adds mandatory fees for PR enforcement actions
Florida Statutes affected
| s. 655.933 | Access by fiduciaries. |
| s. 655.936 | Delivery of safe-deposit box contents or property held in safekeeping to personal representative. |
| s. 655.937 | Access to safe-deposit boxes leased in two or more names. |
| s. 733.106 | Costs and attorney fees. |
| s. 733.603 | Personal representative to proceed without court order. |
| s. 733.612 | Transactions authorized for the personal representative; exceptions. |
| s. 733.6125 | |
| s. 733.6171 | Compensation of attorney for the personal representative. |
| s. 734.101 | Foreign personal representative. |
| s. 735.201 | Summary administration; nature of proceedings. |
| s. 735.302 | Income tax refunds in certain cases. |
| s. 735.303 | Payment to successor without court proceedings. |
| s. 735.304 | Disposition without administration of intestate property in small estates. |
Side-by-side: current law vs. the bill
s. 655.933, F.S.
655.933 Access by fiduciaries.—If a safe-deposit box is made available by a lessor to one or more persons acting as fiduciaries, the lessor may, except as otherwise expressly provided in the lease or the writings pursuant to which such fiduciaries are acting, allow access thereto as follows:
(1) by any one or more of the persons acting as personal representatives .
(2) by
Any one or more of the persons otherwise acting as fiduciaries if authorized in writing, which writing is signed by all other persons so acting .
(3) By Any agent authorized in writing, which writing is signed by all persons acting as fiduciaries.
655.933 Access by fiduciaries.—If a safe-deposit box is made available by a lessor to one or more persons acting as fiduciaries, the lessor , except as otherwise expressly provided in the lease or the writings pursuant to which such fiduciaries are acting :
(1) Must allow access to the safe-deposit box by any of the persons acting as personal representatives who present the lessor with a copy of the letters of administration; and
(2) May allow access to the safe-deposit box by:
(a) Any of the persons otherwise acting as fiduciaries if authorized in writing, which writing is signed by all other persons so acting; or
(b) Any agent authorized in writing, which writing is signed by all persons acting as fiduciaries.
s. 655.936, F.S.
655.936 Delivery of safe-deposit box contents or property held in safekeeping to personal representative.—
(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (3), the lessor shall
Immediately deliver to a personal representative appointed by a court in this state, upon presentation of a certified copy of his or her letters of authority, all property deposited with it by the decedent for safekeeping, and shall
Grant the personal representative access to any safe-deposit box in the decedent's name and permit him or her to remove from such box any part or all of the contents thereof
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655.936 Delivery of safe-deposit box contents or property held in safekeeping to personal representative.—
(1) Subject to subsection (3), the lessor shall:
(a) Immediately deliver to a personal representative appointed by a court in this state, upon presentation of a certified copy of his or her letters of authority, all property deposited with it by the decedent for safekeeping;
(b) Grant the personal representative access to any safe-deposit box in the decedent's name and allow him or her to remove from such box any part or all of the contents thereof; and
(c) Allow the personal representative or the personal representative's attorney to pay the accumulated charges and terminate the lease.
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