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Fla. Stat. § 736.0402

Requirements for creation

Known as the Florida Trust Code

The act spans §§ 736–736 (135 sections).

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Welch v. Crow (2009)

Most recently applied in 162 So. 3d 1088 - Megiel-Rollo v. Megiel (April 2015)

History.--s. 4, ch. 2006-217.

(1) A trust is created only if:

(a) The settlor has capacity to create a trust.

(b) The settlor indicates an intent to create the trust.

(c) The trust has a definite beneficiary or is:

1. A charitable trust;

2. A trust for the care of an animal, as provided in s. 736.0408; or

3. A trust for a noncharitable purpose, as provided in s. 736.0409.

(d) The trustee has duties to perform.

(e) The same person is not the sole trustee and sole beneficiary.

(2) A beneficiary is definite if the beneficiary can be ascertained now or in the future, subject to any applicable rule against perpetuities.

(3) A power of a trustee to select a beneficiary from an indefinite class is valid. If the power is not exercised within a reasonable time, the power fails and the property subject to the power passes to the persons who would have taken the property had the power not been conferred.

Official source: Online Sunshine (Florida Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Florida statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.