The Florida Senate

735.101  Family administration; nature of proceedings.--Family administration may be had in the administration of a decedent's estate when it appears:

(1)  In an intestate estate, that the heirs at law of the decedent consist solely of a surviving spouse, lineal descendants, and lineal ascendants, or any of them.

(2)  In a testate estate, that the beneficiaries under the will consist of a surviving spouse, lineal descendants, and lineal ascendants, or any of them, and that any specific or general devise to others constitutes a minor part of the decedent's estate.

(3)  In a testate estate, that the decedent's will does not direct administration as required by chapter 733.

(4)  That the value of the gross estate, as of the date of death, for federal estate tax purposes is less than $60,000.

(5)  That the entire estate consists of personal property or, if real property forms part of the estate, that administration under chapter 733 has proceeded to the point that all claims of creditors have been processed or barred.

History.--s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 101, ch. 75-220.