§ 710.118, Fla. Stat. · Chapter 710. TRANSFERS TO MINORS
Exemption of third person from liability.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
A third person in good faith and without court order may act on the instructions of or otherwise deal with any person purporting to make a transfer or purporting to act in the capacity of a custodian and, in the absence of knowledge, is not responsible for determining:
(1) The validity of the purported custodian’s designation;
(2) The propriety of, or the authority under this act for, any act of the purported custodian;
(3) The validity or propriety under this act of any instrument or instructions executed or given either by the person purporting to make a transfer or by the purported custodian; or
(4) The propriety of the application of any property of the minor delivered to the purported custodian.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 1, ch. 85-95.
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