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2023 Florida Statutes (including 2023C)

Title XLII ESTATES AND TRUSTS
Chapter 736 FLORIDA TRUST CODE Entire Chapter
SECTION 08165
Administration pending outcome of contest or other proceeding.
F.S. 736.08165
736.08165 Administration pending outcome of contest or other proceeding.—
(1) Pending the outcome of a proceeding filed to determine the validity of all or part of a trust or the beneficiaries of all or part of a trust, the trustee shall proceed with the administration of the trust as if no proceeding had been commenced, except no action may be taken and no distribution may be made to a beneficiary in contravention of the rights of those persons who may be affected by the outcome of the proceeding.
(2) Upon motion of a party and after notice to interested persons, a court, on good cause shown, may make an exception to the prohibition under subsection (1) and authorize the trustee to act or to distribute trust assets to a beneficiary subject to any conditions the court, in the court’s discretion, may impose, including the posting of bond by the beneficiary.
History.—s. 8, ch. 2006-217.