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. 733.803

733.803 Encumbered property; liability for payment.—The specific devisee of any encumbered property shall be entitled to have the encumbrance on devised property paid at the expense of the residue of the estate only when the will shows that intent. A general direction in the will to pay debts does not show that intent.

History.—s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 86, ch. 75-220; s. 155, ch. 2001-226.

Note.—Created from former s. 734.051.

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Amendments to 733.803

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 733.803

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 733.803.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

In ESTATE OF WOODWARD a k a O. v. C., 978 So. 2d 865 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)

. . . Section 733.803, Florida Statutes (2002), provides that “[t]he specific devisee of any encumbered property . . . We reject the personal representative’s argument that section 733.803 only applies to encumbrances that . . . Such an interpretation is inconsistent with the design of section 733.803 to carry out the testator’s . . .

In ESTATE OF L. STERNER,, 450 So. 2d 1256 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)

. . . Section 733.803, Florida Statutes (1983), provides: The specific devisee of any encumbered property shall . . .