§ 736.1504, Fla. Stat. · Part XV. COMMUNITY PROPERTY TRUST ACT
Agreement establishing community property trust; amendments and revocation.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
(1) In the agreement establishing a community property trust, the settlor spouses may agree upon:
(a) The rights and obligations in the property transferred to the trust, notwithstanding when and where the property is acquired or located.
(b) The management and control of the property transferred into the trust.
(c) The disposition of the property transferred to the trust on dissolution, death, or the occurrence or nonoccurrence of another event, subject to ss. 736.1507 and 736.1508.
(d) Whether the trust is revocable or irrevocable.
(e) Any other matter that affects the property transferred to the trust and does not violate public policy or general law imposing a criminal penalty, or result in the property not being treated as community property under the laws of a relevant jurisdiction.
(2) In the event of the death of a settlor spouse, the surviving spouse may amend a community property trust regarding the disposition of that spouse’s one-half share of the community property, regardless of whether the agreement provides that the community property trust is irrevocable.
(3) A community property trust may be amended or revoked by the settlor spouses unless the agreement itself specifically provides that the community property trust is irrevocable.
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the settlor spouses shall be deemed to be the only qualified beneficiaries of a community property trust until the death of one of the settlor spouses, regardless of whether the trust is revocable or irrevocable. After the death of one of the settlor spouses, the surviving spouse shall be deemed to be the only qualified beneficiary as to his or her share of the community property trust.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 32, ch. 2021-183.
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