The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XV
HOMESTEAD AND EXEMPTIONS

Chapter 222
METHOD OF SETTING APART HOMESTEAD AND EXEMPTIONS

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F.S. 222.08

222.08 Jurisdiction to set apart homestead and exemption.—The circuit courts have equity jurisdiction to order and decree the setting apart of homesteads and of exemptions of personal property from forced sales.

History.—s. 2, ch. 3246, 1881; RS 2005; GS 2527; RGS 3882; CGL 5789.

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F.S. 222.08 on Casetext

Amendments to 222.08

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 222.08

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 222.08.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

In MAYHUGH,, 427 B.R. 549 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2010)

. . . . § 222.08, if, as is the case here, entitlement to the homestead protection is contested by a creditor . . .

In RUTTER,, 247 B.R. 334 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2000)

. . . dollars and may be designated by the court something after the manner provided in Sections 222.07 and 222.08 . . .

In SMITH, a k a SMITH, v. AMERICAN CONSUMER FINANCE CORPORATION, a, 21 B.R. 345 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1982)

. . . . § 522(h) and §§ 222.08 and 86.011, Fla.Stat. (1981) seeking to avoid the transfer of her exempt real . . . asserted by plaintiff that the Sheriff’s Sale of her property should be declared void pursuant to §§ 222.08 . . . Section 222.08, Fla.Stat., gives the Florida circuit courts equity jurisdiction to order and decree the . . . her exempt homestead property pursuant to § 522(h) and to set aside the levy and sale pursuant to §§ 222.08 . . .

D. GRANT, v. CREDITHRIFT OF AMERICA, INC., 402 So. 2d 486 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

. . . more to establish his homestead claim, such as seeking a circuit court judgment declaring through § 222.08 . . .

COHEN, v. CORAL GABLES FIRST NATIONAL BANK a k a, 266 So. 2d 188 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1972)

. . . . § 222.08, F.S.A., only the circuit courts of this State have the equity jurisdiction to set apart homesteads . . .

ORANGE BREVARD PLUMBING HEATING COMPANY, v. J. LA CROIX P., 137 So. 2d 201 (Fla. 1962)

. . . dollars and may be designated by the court something after the manner provided in Sections 222.07 and 222.08 . . .

RALPH RICHARDS THE FLORIDA NATIONAL BANK OF JACKSONVILLE, Co- W. v. FRANK B. BYRNES GLADYS M. WALLIS, MARY NELSON, MARY GLADYS WALLIS WEST COAST HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, a MORTON F. PLANT HOSPITAL, 153 Fla. 705 (Fla. 1943)

. . . dollars and may be designated by the court something after the manner provided in Sections 222.07 and 222.08 . . .