| 1 | Representative(s) Hukill offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove lines 48-66, and insert: |
| 5 | (3) When a caveat has been filed by an interested person |
| 6 | other than a creditor, the court shall not admit a will of the |
| 7 | decedent to probate or appoint a personal representative until |
| 8 | the petition for administration has been served on the caveator |
| 9 | or the caveator's designated agent by formal notice and the |
| 10 | caveator has had the opportunity to participate in proceedings |
| 11 | on the petition, as provided by the Florida Probate Rules. |
| 12 | Section 3. Subsections (6) and (7) and subsections (8) |
| 13 | through (37) of section 731.201, Florida Statutes, as amended by |
| 14 | section 29 of chapter 2006-217, Laws of Florida, are renumbered |
| 15 | as subsections (7) and (8) and subsections (10) through (39), |
| 16 | respectively, and new subsections (6) and (9) are added to that |
| 17 | section, to read: |
| 18 | 731.201 General definitions.--Subject to additional |
| 19 | definitions in subsequent chapters that are applicable to |
| 20 | specific chapters or parts, and unless the context otherwise |
| 21 | requires, in this code, in s. 409.9101, and in chapters 736, |
| 22 | 738, 739, and 744, the term: |
| 23 | (6) "Collateral heir" means an heir who is related to the |
| 24 | decedent through a common ancestor but who is not an ancestor or |
| 25 | descendant of the decedent. |
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| 29 | Remove line 9, and insert: |
| 30 | heir" and "descendant"; creating s. 731.401, F.S.; |