Fla. Stat. 732.2115
Protection of payors and other third parties

Although a property interest is included in the decedent’s elective estate under s. 732.2035(3)-(9), a payor or other third party is not liable for paying, distributing, or transferring the property to a beneficiary designated in a governing instrument, or for taking any other action in good faith reliance on the validity of a governing instrument.

Source: Section 732.2115 — Protection of payors and other third parties, https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0732.2115 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

732.201
Right to elective share 732.216
Short title 732.217
Application 732.218
Rebuttable presumptions 732.219
Disposition upon death 732.222
Purchaser for value or lender 732.224
Creditor’s rights 732.225
Acts of married persons 732.226
Limitations on testamentary disposition 732.227
Homestead defined 732.228
Uniformity of application and construction 732.2025
Definitions 732.2035
Property entering into elective estate 732.2045
Exclusions and overlapping application 732.2055
Valuation of the elective estate 732.2065
Amount of the elective share 732.2075
Sources from which elective share payable 732.2085
Liability of direct recipients and beneficiaries 732.2095
Valuation of property used to satisfy elective share 732.2105
Effect of election on other interests 732.2115
Protection of payors and other third parties 732.2125
Right of election 732.2135
Time of election 732.2145
Order of contribution 732.2151
Award of fees and costs in elective share proceedings 732.2155
Effective date 732.2211
Demands or disputes 732.2231
Protection of payors and other third parties

Current through Fall 2025

§ 732.2115. Protection of payors & other third parties's source at flsenate.gov

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Location: https://florida.public.law/statutes/fla._stat._732.2115

Original Source: Section 732.2115 — Protection of payors and other third parties, https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0732.2115 (last accessed Aug. 7, 2025).