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Fla. Stat. § 717.12406 Joint ownership of abandoned securities or dividends
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For the purpose of determining joint ownership of abandoned securities or dividends, the term:(1) “TEN COM” means tenants in common.(2) “TEN ENT” means tenants by the entireties.(3) “JT TEN” or “JT” means joint tenants with the right of survivorship and not as tenants in common.(…
Fla. Stat. § 717.1241 Conflicting claims
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(1) For purposes of this section, the term “conflicting claim” means two or more claims received by the department for the same abandoned property account or accounts in which two or more claimants appear to be equally entitled to the property. The term also includes circumstance…
Fla. Stat. § 717.1242 Restatement of jurisdiction of the circuit court sitting in probate and the department
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(1) It is and has been the intent of the Legislature that, pursuant to s. 26.012(2)(b), circuit courts have jurisdiction of proceedings relating to the settlement of the estates of decedents and other jurisdiction usually pertaining to courts of probate. It is and has been the in…
Fla. Stat. § 717.1243 Small estate accounts
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(1) A claim for abandoned property made by a beneficiary, as defined in s. 731.201, of a deceased owner need not be accompanied by an order of a probate court if the claimant files with the department an affidavit, signed by all beneficiaries, stating that all the beneficiaries h…