The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLII
ESTATES AND TRUSTS

Chapter 733
PROBATE CODE: ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES

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F.S. 733.104

733.104 Suspension of statutes of limitation in favor of the personal representative.—

(1) If a person entitled to bring an action dies before the expiration of the time limited for the commencement of the action and the cause of action survives, the action may be commenced by that person’s personal representative before the later of the expiration of the time limited for the commencement of the action or 12 months after the decedent’s death.

(2) If a person against whom a cause of action exists dies before the expiration of the time limited for commencement of the action and the cause of action survives, if a claim is timely filed, the expiration of the time limited for commencement of the action shall not apply.

History.—s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 48, ch. 75-220; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 982, ch. 97-102; s. 80, ch. 2001-226.

Note.—Created from former s. 734.27.

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Amendments to 733.104

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 733.104

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 733.104.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

In AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA PROBATE RULES, 986 So. 2d 576 (Fla. 2008)

. . . . § 733.104, Fla. Stat. . . .

In AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA PROBATE RULES TWO YEAR CYCLE, 912 So. 2d 1178 (Fla. 2005)

. . . . § 733.104, Fla. Stat. . . .

ESTATE OF G. CADDEN, a k a a k a G. a k a a k a v. H. SCHICKEDANZ, a k a H. a k a, 855 So. 2d 651 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)

. . . Section 733.104(2), Florida Statutes (2000) states, “[i]f a person against whom a cause of action exists . . .

AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA PROBATE RULES, 848 So. 2d 1069 (Fla. 2003)

. . . . § 733.104, Fla. Stat. . . .

L. FOSTER, III, K. v. CIANCI,, 773 So. 2d 1181 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

. . . Furthermore, section 733.104(2), Florida Statutes (1999), provides: If a person against whom a cause . . .

In AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA PROBATE RULES, 607 So. 2d 1306 (Fla. 1992)

. . . FtSt¿ 733.104, Fla.Stat. . . .

A. BRIGGS, v. ESTATE OF GEELHOED, a k a F. By JOHNSON,, 543 So. 2d 332 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)

. . . The pertinent provision of the probate code is section 733.104, Florida Statutes (1985), which provides . . .

THE FLORIDA BAR. In Re RULES OF PROBATE AND GUARDIANSHIP PROCEDURE, 537 So. 2d 500 (Fla. 1988)

. . . F.S. 733.104 Suspension of statutes of limitation in favor of the personal representative. . . .

THE FLORIDA BAR. In Re RULES OF PROBATE AND GUARDIANSHIP PROCEDURE, 531 So. 2d 1261 (Fla. 1988)

. . . F.S. 733.104 Suspension of statutes of limitation in favor of the personal representative. . . .

MACKLE, v. MACKLE, a a, 389 So. 2d 1081 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1980)

. . . On the basis of Section 733.104(1), Florida Statutes (1979), the trial judge dismissed this action for . . . Section 733.104(1) provides: Suspension of statutes of limitation in favor of the personal representative . . . The references to Sec. 733.104(1) as a “probate statute of limitations,” which appear in dicta in Haney . . .

L. HANEY, v. A. HOLMES J., 364 So. 2d 81 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1978)

. . . The new law, Section 733.104(1), Florida Statutes (1975), effective January 1, 1976, provides: If a person . . . Florida Statutes (1973), is the applicable statute of limitations, while appellees contend that Section 733.104 . . . Neither Section 733.104, Florida Statutes (1975), nor any other section of the Florida Probate Code contains . . . However, we do not feel that this section, which does not make specific reference to § 733.104, unequivocally . . .