2000 Florida Code
TITLE XLII ESTATES AND TRUSTS
Chapter 735 Probate Code: Family Administration And Small Estates
PART II SUMMARY ADMINISTRATION (ss. 735.201-735.209)
735.2063 Notice to creditors.
735.2063 Notice to creditors.--
(1) Any person who has received an order of summary administration may publish a notice to creditors according to the requirements of s. 731.111, notifying all persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent that an order of summary administration has been entered by the court. Such notice will specify the total cash value of the estate and the names and addresses of those to whom it has been assigned by such order. Such notice, if published, shall be published once a week for 2 consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the county where such order was entered, and proof of publication of such notice shall be filed with the court.
(2) If proof of publication of such notice is filed with the court, all claims and demands of creditors against the estate of the decedent shall be forever barred unless such claims and demands are filed with the court within 3 months from the first publication of such notice.
History.--s. 3, ch. 80-203.
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