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House Bill 2101




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HB 2101

        By Representative Lynn






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to trust administration;

  3         amending s. 737.625, F.S.; prohibiting the

  4         beneficiary of a trust who participates in

  5         procuring the death of the grantor from

  6         receiving property or other benefits by reason

  7         of the victim's death; providing an effective

  8         date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Section 737.625, Florida Statutes, is

13  amended to read:

14         737.625  Killer not entitled to receive property or

15  other benefits by reason of victim's death.--A beneficiary of

16  a trust who unlawfully kills or participates in procuring the

17  death of the grantor or another person upon whose death such

18  beneficiary's interest depends, shall not be entitled to any

19  trust interest dependent upon the victim's death, and such

20  interest shall devolve as though the killer or the beneficiary

21  who participated in procuring the death of the grantor or

22  other person had predeceased the victim.

23         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

24  law.

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27                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Provides, with respect to trust administration, that a
29    beneficiary of a trust who participates in procuring the
      death of the grantor or another person upon whose death
30    such beneficiary's interest depends, shall not be
      entitled to any trust interest dependent upon the
31    victim's death, and such interest shall devolve as though
      the beneficiary had predeceased the victim.
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