Florida Senate - 2025                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 520
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/19/2025           .                                
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       The Committee on Judiciary (Burgess) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 42 - 81
    4  and insert:
    5         (c) In any other proper case, the court may appoint a
    6  curator when deemed necessary to protect the interest of the
    7  estate or a decedent’s heirs.
    8         (2) AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF THE CURATOR.—
    9         (a) The curator has the same authority and powers as set
   10  forth in this part.
   11         (b) The curator must take into its custody the estate of a
   12  decedent or a person in any of the following circumstances:
   13         1. When a decedent dies intestate in the county without
   14  heirs.
   15         2. When a decedent dies leaving a will, and the personal
   16  representative named is absent or fails to qualify.
   17         3. When an unknown decedent dies or is found dead in the
   18  county.
   19         4. For any other cause in which the court finds it