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Florida Real And Personal Property Code Section 689.14 - Conveyances Of Land And Declarations Of Trust - Entailed estates.

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Title XL   REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY

Chapter 689   CONVEYANCES OF LAND AND DECLARATIONS OF TRUST

689.14  Entailed estates.--No property, real or personal, shall be entailed in this state. Any instrument purporting to create an estate tail, express or implied, shall be deemed to create an estate for life in the first taker with remainder per stirpes to the lineal descendants of the first taker in being at the time of her or his death. If the remainder fails for want of such remainderman, then it shall vest in any other remaindermen designated in such instrument, or, if there is no such designation, then it shall revert to the original donor or to her or his heirs.

History.--s. 20, Nov. 17, 1829; RS 1818; GS 2293; RGS 3616; CGL 5481; s. 2, ch. 20954, 1941; s. 1, ch. 23126, 1945; s. 757, ch. 97-102.

Last modified: November 21, 2006