Disability income benefits under any policy or contract of life, health, accident, or other insurance of whatever form, shall not in any case be liable to attachment, garnishment, or legal process in the state, in favor of any creditor or creditors of the recipient of such disability income benefits, unless such policy or contract of insurance was effected for the benefit of such creditor or creditors.
Fla. Stat. § 222.18
Exempting disability income benefits from legal processes
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case In Re Dennison (1988)
Most recently applied in Chesley v. Woodard (In re Chesley) (March 2014)
History.--s. 1, ch. 20741, 1941.
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Official source: Online Sunshine (Florida Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Florida statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.