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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. 733.601
733.601 Time of accrual of duties and powers.The duties and powers of a personal representative commence upon appointment. The powers of a personal representative relate back in time to give acts by the person appointed, occurring before appointment and beneficial to the estate, the same effect as those occurring after appointment. A personal representative may ratify and accept acts on behalf of the estate done by others when the acts would have been proper for a personal representative.
History.s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 74, ch. 75-220; s. 1000, ch. 97-102; s. 124, ch. 2001-226.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 733.601
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Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 733.601.



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Cases from cite.case.law:

N. MARKLAND, S. v. INSYS THERAPEUTICS, INC., 270 F. Supp. 3d 1318 (M.D. Fla. 2017)

. . . . § 733.601 (“The powers of the personal representative relate back in time to give acts by the person . . . Stat. § 733.601 (“The powers of the personal representative relate back in time to give acts by the person . . .

M. DEPRIEST v. GREESON, W., 213 So. 3d 1022 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

. . . . § 733.601, Fla. Stat. . . . 193 So.3d 964, 968-69 (Fla. 3d DCA 2016) (affirming that relation-back doctrine codified in section 733.601 . . . prior to appointment, directly contrary to the Probate Code’s distinction between authority and duty. § 733.601 . . .

J. RICHARD C. v. J. RICHARD,, 193 So. 3d 964 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . We, reverse the orders- on appeal, holding that the relation back provision of section 733.601, Florida . . . She argued that the relation back doctrine did not apply because the statute in question— section 733.601 . . . In 1974, the Legislature codified the relation back 'doctrine in ’section 733.601, Florida Statutes. . . . Karen contends that the relation back doctrine (and section 733.601) does not apply because the statutory . . . We further note that the pertinent language of section 733.601 is identical in all material respects . . .

B. BOOKMAN, E. v. DAVIDSON,, 136 So. 3d 1276 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2014)

. . . by the plain meaning of the language of the relevant statutes in the Florida Probate Code, sections 733.601 . . . Sections 733.601 through 733.620 set forth the powers, duties, and obligations of the personal representative . . .

ROUGHTON, v. R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY USA, LLC f k a f k a f k a f, 129 So. 3d 1145 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2013)

. . . But on this point section 733.601, Florida Statutes (1997), controls: The duties and powers of a personal . . . and letting the statute of limitations run is in any way ‘beneficial’ within the meaning of Section 733.601 . . . Section 733.601, Florida Statutes (2007), provided in part: The duties and powers of a personal representative . . .

C. NAFTEL, II, v. PAPPAS, As T., 68 So. 3d 368 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2011)

. . . .” § 733.601, Fla. Stat. (2010). . . .

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, v. WILSON,, 948 So. 2d 774 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

. . . The doctrine of relation back, found in section 733.601 of the Florida Statutes, does not extricate the . . . of the estate done by others when the acts would have been proper for a personal representative. § 733.601 . . . made by the decedent’s husband, who not only had preference of appointment under the probate code, § 733.601 . . . Section 733.601, Florida Statutes (2002), specifically provides that The duties and powers of a personal . . . Section 733.601, Florida Statutes, regarding the administration of estates, specifically permits the . . .

BERGES, v. INFINITY INSURANCE COMPANY,, 896 So. 2d 665 (Fla. 2004)

. . . .”); see. also § 733.601, Florida Statutes (1989). . . . Section 733.601 provides: The powers of a personal representative relate back in time to give acts by . . .

H. LESSER, H. v. LESSER SONS, INC. a a J. J. P. A. a P. A. a a, 645 So. 2d 1127 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

. . . . § 733.601, Fla.Stat. (1991); Griffin v. Workman, 73 So.2d 844, 846 (Fla. 1954); Kelner v. . . .

MOORE, L. v. MOORE, L., 577 So. 2d 1359 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

. . . . § 733.601, Fla.Stat. (1985). . . .

GLICKSTEIN, v. SUN BANK MIAMI, N. A. f k a a R. M. D., 922 F.2d 666 (11th Cir. 1991)

. . . . § 733.601. . . . representative operates to allow him to continue to maintain the action under the terms of Fla.Stat. § 733.601 . . .

In ESTATE OF NOVICK a k a R., 526 So. 2d 200 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

. . . We reject the theories advanced by the widow that she is protected by either section 733.601 or section . . .

DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND, A. H. Sr. R. III, v. J. ANDOLSEK E. W. Jr., 249 F. Supp. 1009 (D. Md. 1966)

. . . employee to run serious risks and are not as satisfactory a remedy as this suit would be. 5 C.F.R. 733.601 . . .