558 So. 2d 146 - Ferrone v. Soffes’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wood v. Strickland · 491 So. 2d 276 - Bender v. First Fidelity Savings & Loan Ass'n of Winter Park · Estate of Milton S. Wycoff, Deceased, Zions First National Bank v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue · Johnson v. Hall · 137 So. 2d 587 - In Re Barret's Estate
Most-quoted passages
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“exception to Florida's apportionment statute, the court stated: the statute requires ... a clear and unequivocal direction in the will in order to require the estate to bear the burden of taxation for property outside the will. Although no particular form of words is required, the intention to shift the burden of taxation must clearly appear. [ Ibid. ] To meet that burden, the court concluded that the”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“all debts allowed as claims against my estate, my funeral expenses, and all expenses of administration of my estate, and all estate, inheritance, succession, and transfer taxes which may be assessed by reason of my death.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“will must expressly refer to the statute, or expressly indicate that the estate is to bear the burden of taxation for property passing outside the will.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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