Fla. Stat. 689.11
Conveyances between husband and wife direct; homestead

(1)

A conveyance of real estate, including homestead, made by one spouse to the other shall convey the legal title to the grantee spouse in all cases in which it would be effectual if the parties were not married, and the grantee need not execute the conveyance. An estate by the entirety may be created by the action of the spouse holding title:Conveying to the other by a deed in which the purpose to create the estate is stated; orConveying to both spouses.

(a)

Conveying to the other by a deed in which the purpose to create the estate is stated; or

(b)

Conveying to both spouses.

(2)

All deeds heretofore made by a husband direct to his wife or by a wife direct to her husband are hereby validated and made as effectual to convey the title as they would have been were the parties not married;

(3)

Provided, that nothing herein shall be construed as validating any deed made for the purpose, or that operates to defraud any creditor or to avoid payment of any legal debt or claim; and

(4)

Provided further that this section shall not apply to any conveyance heretofore made, the validity of which shall be contested by suit commenced within 1 year of the effective date of this law.

Source: Section 689.11 — Conveyances between husband and wife direct; homestead, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0689.­11 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

689.01
How real estate conveyed 689.02
Form of warranty deed prescribed 689.03
Effect of such deed 689.04
How executed 689.05
How declarations of trust proved 689.06
How trust estate conveyed 689.07
“Trustee” or “as trustee” added to name of grantee, transferee, assignee, or mortgagee transfers interest or creates lien as if additional word or words not used 689.08
Fines and common recoveries 689.09
Deeds under statute of uses 689.10
Words of limitation and the words “fee simple” dispensed with 689.11
Conveyances between husband and wife direct 689.12
How state lands conveyed for educational purposes 689.13
Rule against perpetuities not applicable to dispositions of property for private cemeteries, etc 689.14
Entailed estates 689.15
Estates by survivorship 689.17
Rule in Shelley’s Case abolished 689.18
Reverter or forfeiture provisions, limitations 689.19
Variances of names in recorded instruments 689.20
Limitation on use of word “minerals.” 689.25
Failure to disclose homicide, suicide, deaths, or diagnosis of HIV or AIDS infection in an occupant of real property 689.025
Form of quitclaim deed prescribed 689.27
Termination by servicemember of agreement to purchase real property 689.28
Prohibition against transfer fee covenants 689.29
Disclosure of subsurface rights to prospective purchaser 689.041
Curative procedure for scrivener’s errors in deeds 689.045
Conveyances to or by partnership 689.071
Florida Land Trust Act 689.072
Real estate interests transferred to or by a custodian or trustee of an individual retirement account or qualified plan 689.073
Powers conferred on trustee in recorded instrument 689.075
Inter vivos trusts 689.111
Conveyances of homestead 689.115
Estate by the entirety in mortgage made or assigned to husband and wife 689.175
Worthier title doctrine abolished 689.225
Statutory rule against perpetuities 689.261
Sale of residential property 689.301
Disclosure of known defects in sanitary sewer laterals to prospective purchaser 689.302
Disclosure of flood risks to prospective purchaser

Current through Fall 2025

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