FloridaFlorida courts may appoint estate curators and review their reports
Florida courts may appoint estate curators, require reports about their work, and set a bond unless they waive it or the curator is a bank or trust company.
What it does
When the court finds reports necessary, curators must describe their actions managing an estate. The court must review the reports and may ask for more frequent updates or records to protect the estate.
A court may appoint an estate curator when needed to protect the estate or heirs. It may act without notice to other interested people when delay would put estate property in significant danger.
A curator must post a reasonable bond set by the court unless the court waives it. Banks and trust companies serving as curators are exempt.
A court may remove an estate curator or require the curator to repay losses charged to the estate.
Argument forCourt review could help spot problems in estate management by requiring curators to explain their actions and provide records when needed.
Argument againstMore frequent reports or extra records could add work for curators when a court decides they are needed to protect an estate.
More detail
A curator must file reports when the court finds them necessary, and the court must review those reports. The requirements apply to estate curators and the courts overseeing them. Reports must describe the curator’s actions in managing the estate. The court may require more frequent reports or extra records when it finds them necessary to protect the estate. This act took effect July 1, 2026.
A court may appoint a curator to protect an estate or a decedent’s heirs. The court may appoint a curator when needed to protect the estate or a decedent’s heirs. The court may appoint a curator with notice to other interested people, as it considers appropriate. It may appoint one without that notice if giving notice would delay the appointment while estate property faces significant danger of being wasted, destroyed, or taken beyond the court’s reach. A curator may be authorized to perform any duty of a personal representative. This act took effect July 1, 2026.
Unless the court waives the bond, a curator must post a reasonable bond set by the court. The bond rule applies to curators appointed to manage estates. Banks and trust companies serving as curators do not have to post a bond. This act took effect July 1, 2026.
A court may remove a curator or require the curator to repay losses caused to the estate. The rule applies to estate curators, and the court is the authority named to remove them or impose a surcharge. This act took effect July 1, 2026.
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- Passed House
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History
- 2026
- May 22Chapter No. 2026-85Latest
- May 21Approved by Governor Ron DeSantisBecame Law
- May 6Signed by Officers and presented to GovernorTo Governor
- Mar 5Ordered enrolledMinor
- Vote recorded Third Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 5In Messages
- Mar 5CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0Passed Senate
- Mar 5Read 3rd timeMinor
- Mar 5Read 2nd timeMinor
- Mar 5Substituted for CS/SB 326
- Mar 5Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Mar 5Withdrawn from RulesMajor
- Feb 18ReceivedMinor
- Feb 18Referred to RulesMinor
- Feb 17In Messages
- Vote recorded Passage, Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 17CS passed; YEAS 110, NAYS 0Passed House
- Feb 17Read 3rd timeMinor
- Feb 17Added to Third Reading Calendar
- Feb 17Read 2nd timeMinor
- Feb 10Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/17/2026)
- Jan 27Added to Second Reading Calendar
- Vote recorded Favorable (Judiciary Committee). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 27Bill released to House Calendar
- Jan 27Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- Jan 27Favorable by Judiciary CommitteeMinor
- Jan 23Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- Jan 221st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)Minor
- Jan 22Now in Judiciary Committee
- Jan 22Referred to Judiciary CommitteeMinor
- Jan 21CS FiledMinor
- Vote recorded Favorable With Committee Substitute (Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 21Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)Minor
- Jan 21Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- Jan 21Favorable with CS by Civil Justice & Claims SubcommitteeMinor
- Jan 16Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda
- Jan 131st Reading (Original Filed Version)Minor
- 2025
- Oct 14Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- Oct 14Referred to Judiciary CommitteeMinor
- Oct 14Referred to Civil Justice & Claims SubcommitteeMinor
- Oct 8FiledIntroduced
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