Fla. Stat. 736.1013
Limitation on personal liability of trustee

(1)

Except as otherwise provided in the contract, a trustee is not personally liable on a contract properly entered into in the trustee’s fiduciary capacity in the course of administering the trust if the trustee in the contract disclosed the fiduciary capacity.

(2)

A trustee is personally liable for torts committed in the course of administering a trust or for obligations arising from ownership or control of trust property only if the trustee is personally at fault.

(3)

A claim based on a contract entered into by a trustee in the trustee’s fiduciary capacity, on an obligation arising from ownership or control of trust property, or on a tort committed in the course of administering a trust may be asserted in a judicial proceeding against the trustee in the trustee’s fiduciary capacity, whether or not the trustee is personally liable for the claim.

(4)

Issues of liability between the trust estate and the trustee individually may be determined in a proceeding for accounting, surcharge, or indemnification or in any other appropriate proceeding.

Source: Section 736.1013 — Limitation on personal liability of trustee, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0736.­1013 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

Current through Fall 2025

§ 736.1013. Limitation on personal liability of trustee's source at flsenate​.gov