§ 736.0403, Fla. Stat. · Part IV. CREATION, VALIDITY, MODIFICATION,AND TERMINATION
Trusts created in other jurisdictions; formalities required for revocable trusts.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
(1) A trust not created by will is validly created if the creation of the trust complies with the law of the jurisdiction in which the trust instrument was executed or the law of the jurisdiction in which, at the time of creation, the settlor was domiciled.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1):
(a) No trust or confidence of or in any messuages, lands, tenements, or hereditaments shall arise or result unless the trust complies with the provisions of s. 689.05.
(b) The testamentary aspects of a revocable trust, executed by a settlor who is a domiciliary of this state at the time of execution, are invalid unless the trust instrument is executed by the settlor with the formalities required for the execution of a will in this state. For purposes of this subsection, the term “testamentary aspects” means those provisions of the trust instrument that dispose of the trust property on or after the death of the settlor other than to the settlor’s estate.
(3) Paragraph (2)(b) does not apply to trusts established as part of an employee annuity described in s. 403 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, an individual retirement account as described in s. 408 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, a Keogh (HR-10) Plan, or a retirement or other plan that is qualified under s. 401 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(4) Paragraph (2)(b) applies to trusts created on or after the effective date of this code. Former s. 737.111, as in effect prior to the effective date of this code, continues to apply to trusts created before the effective date of this code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 4, ch. 2006-217; s. 103, ch. 2019-3.
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- § 117.285, Fla. Stat.Supervising the witnessing of electronic records.Printed as s. 736.0403(2)(b)
- § 689.075, Fla. Stat.Inter vivos trusts; powers retained by settlor.Printed as s. 736.0403
- § 736.0105, Fla. Stat.Default and mandatory rules.Printed as s. 736.0403(2)
- § 736.0407, Fla. Stat.Evidence of oral trust.Printed as s. 736.0403
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