The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLII
ESTATES AND TRUSTS

Chapter 736
FLORIDA TRUST CODE

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F.S. 736.0110

736.0110 Others treated as qualified beneficiaries.—

(1) A charitable organization expressly designated to receive distributions under the terms of a charitable trust has the rights of a qualified beneficiary under this code if the charitable organization, on the date the charitable organization’s qualification is being determined:

(a) Is a distributee or permissible distributee of trust income or principal;

(b) Would be a distributee or permissible distributee of trust income or principal on termination of the interests of other distributees or permissible distributees then receiving or eligible to receive distributions; or

(2) A person appointed to enforce a trust created for the care of an animal or another noncharitable purpose as provided in s. 736.0408 or s. 736.0409 has the rights of a qualified beneficiary under this code.

(3) The Attorney General may assert the rights of a qualified beneficiary with respect to a charitable trust having its principal place of administration in this state. The Attorney General has standing to assert such rights in any judicial proceedings.

History.—s. 1, ch. 2006-217; s. 5, ch. 2017-155.

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Amendments to 736.0110

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 736.0110

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 736.0110.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

HADASSAH, s v. G. MELCER, E., 268 So. 3d 759 (Fla. App. Ct. 2019)

. . . . § 736.0110(1), Fla. Stat. (2017) (emphasis added). . . . We find the charities are qualified beneficiaries under section 736.0110(1)(b). . . . Therefore, the charities are qualified beneficiaries under section 736.0110(1)(b). . . .

R. BIDEN, III, v. S. LORD, H. F. III, T. III, L. N. A. As I. L. In a, 147 So. 3d 632 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2014)

. . . . § 736.0110(3) Fla. . . .