Online Sunshine Logo

Skip to Menu | Skip to Main Content

Official Internet Site of the Florida Legislature
October 1, 2026
Text: 'NEW Advanced Legislative Search'
Interpreter Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Finding Florida Grades K-5
Life as a Lawmaker Grades 6+
Select Year:  
The Florida Statutes

The 2000 Florida Statutes

Title XLII
ESTATES AND TRUSTS
Chapter 732
Probate Code: Intestate Succession And Wills
View Entire Chapter
Section 732.6005, Florida Statutes 2000

732.6005  Rules of construction and intention.--

(1)  The intention of the testator as expressed in his or her will controls the legal effect of the testator's dispositions. The rules of construction expressed in this part shall apply unless a contrary intention is indicated by the will.

(2)  Subject to the foregoing, a will is construed to pass all property which the testator owns at death, including property acquired after the execution of the will.

History.--s. 1, ch. 74-106; ss. 33, 35, ch. 75-220; s. 965, ch. 97-102.

Note.--Created from former ss. 732.41 and 732.602.