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The 2001 Florida Statutes

Title XLII
Estates And Trusts
Chapter 732
Probate Code: Intestate Succession And Wills
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Section 732.219, Florida Statutes 2001

732.219  Disposition upon death.--Upon the death of a married person, one-half of the property to which ss. 732.216-732.228 apply is the property of the surviving spouse and is not subject to testamentary disposition by the decedent or distribution under the laws of succession of this state. One-half of that property is the property of the decedent and is subject to testamentary disposition or distribution under the laws of succession of this state. The decedent's one-half of that property is not in the 1elective estate.

History.--s. 7, ch. 92-200; s. 32, ch. 2001-226.

1Note.--The word "elective" was substituted for the word "elected" by the editors.