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2000 Florida Code
TITLE XLII ESTATES AND TRUSTS
Chapter 733 Probate Code: Administration Of Estates  
PART VIII SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR DISTRIBUTION (ss. 733.801-733.817)
733.809   Right of retainer.

733.809  Right of retainer.--The amount of a noncontingent indebtedness of a beneficiary to the estate, if due, or its present value, if not due, may be offset against the beneficiary's interest, but the beneficiary has the benefit of any defense that would be available to him or her in a direct proceeding for recovery of the debt.

History.--s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 39, ch. 77-87; s. 1022, ch. 97-102.

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