A provision in a will purporting to penalize any interested person for contesting the will or instituting other proceedings relating to the estate is unenforceable.
Fla. Stat. § 732.517
Penalty clause for contest
Known as the Florida Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act
The act spans §§ 732.101 to 732.901 (93 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case SLOSBERG v. GILLER (2022)
Most recently applied in SLOSBERG v. GILLER (June 2022)
History.--s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 113, ch. 75-220.
Official source: Online Sunshine (Florida Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Florida statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.