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1997 Florida Code
TITLE XLII ESTATES AND TRUSTS
Chapter 732 Probate Code: Intestate Succession And Wills  
PART X ANATOMICAL GIFTS (ss. 732.910-732.922)
732.916   Amendment or revocation of the gift.

732.916  Amendment or revocation of the gift.--

(1)  If the will or other document authorized under the provisions of s. 732.915(2) has been delivered to a specified donee, the donor may amend or revoke the gift by:

(a)  The execution and delivery to the donee of a signed statement.

(b)  An oral statement that is:

1.  Made to the donor's spouse; or

2.  Made in the presence of two persons and communicated to the donor's family or attorney or to the donee.

(c)  A statement during a terminal illness or injury addressed to an attending physician and communicated to the donee.

(d)  A signed document found on the donor's person or in the donor's effects.

(2)  A document of gift that has not been delivered to the donee may be revoked by the donor in the manner set out in subsection (1) or by destruction, cancellation, or mutilation of the document.

(3)  Any gift made by a will may also be amended or revoked in the manner provided for amendment or revocation of wills or as provided in subsection (1).

History.--s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 113, ch. 75-220; s. 3, ch. 83-171; s. 8, ch. 95-423; s. 977, ch. 97-102.

Note.--Created from former s. 736.27.

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