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Fla. Stat. § 736.1105

Effect of subsequent marriage, birth, adoption, or dissolution of marriage

Redline — January 1, 2011 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2021
As of January 1, 2011
(1) Neither subsequent marriage, birth, nor adoption of descendants shall revoke the revocable trust of any person.
Unless the trust instrument or the judgment for dissolution of marriage or divorce expressly provides otherwise, if a revocable trust is executed by a husband or wife as settlor prior to annulment of the marriage or entry of a judgment for dissolution of marriage or divorce of the settlor from the settlor’s spouse, any provision of the trust that affects the settlor’s spouse will become void upon annulment of the marriage or entry of the judgment of dissolution of marriage or divorce and any such trust shall be administered and construed as if the settlor’s spouse had died on the date of the annulment or on entry of the judgment for dissolution of marriage or divorce.
(2) Any provision of a revocable trust that affects the settlor’s spouse is void upon dissolution of the marriage of the settlor and the spouse, whether the marriage occurred before or after the execution of such revocable trust. Upon dissolution of marriage, the revocable trust shall be construed as if the spouse had died at the time of the dissolution of marriage. (a) Dissolution of marriage occurs at the time the decedent’s marriage is judicially dissolved or declared invalid by court order. (b) This subsection does not invalidate a provision of a revocable trust: 1. Executed by the settlor after the dissolution of the marriage; 2. If there is a specific intention to the contrary stated in the revocable trust; or 3. If the dissolution of marriage judgment expressly provides otherwise.
(3) This section applies to revocable trusts of decedents who die on or after June 29, 2021.

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