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2000 Florida Code
TITLE XLII ESTATES AND TRUSTS
Chapter 732 Probate Code: Intestate Succession And Wills  
PART III PRETERMITTED SPOUSE AND CHILDREN (ss. 732.301, 732.302)
732.302   Pretermitted children.

732.302  Pretermitted children.--When a testator omits to provide in his or her will for any of his or her children born or adopted after making the will and the child has not received a part of the testator's property equivalent to a child's part by way of advancement, the child shall receive a share of the estate equal in value to that he or she would have received if the testator had died intestate, unless:

(1)  It appears from the will that the omission was intentional; or

(2)  The testator had one or more children when the will was executed and devised substantially all the estate to the other parent of the pretermitted child.

The share of the estate that is assigned to the pretermitted child shall be obtained in accordance with s. 733.805.

History.--s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 16, ch. 75-220; s. 958, ch. 97-102.

Note.--Created from former s. 731.11.

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