Florida Trust Code: Personal Jurisdiction Over a Florida Trustee

Where can you sue a trustee of a Florida trust? Can you sue a foreign trustee in Florida? If you are a Florida beneficiary and want to exercise your rights, or seek to redress some wrongs in probate court, you should know about Florida Statute 736.0204. 

Where Can You Sue a Florida Trustee?

• Palm Beach trust attorneys know that beneficiaries have many rights under theFlorida Trust Code.
• Part of an estate attorney’s practice includes advising beneficiaries of their rights or advising Florida trustees about what their obligations and fiduciary duties are.
• If a Florida trust beneficiary needs to sue a trustee, and they have a trust that is administered according to Florida law, where can the beneficiary sue them?
• A beneficiary Delray Beach can definitely sue the trustee in the principal place of administration of the trust.
• There are three places, under the relevant statute, where you can sue a Florida trustee.
• To learn more about where you can sue a trustee, click here to read Florida Statute 736.0204.

Florida Statute 736.0202

• What if you have a trust governed according to Florida Law, you live in Florida, but the trustee lives somewhere else?
• Can you sue a foreign or non-Florida trustee in Florida?
• If you wish to sue a trutee of a Florida trust, who lives in Boston, New York, or another state, click here to read Florida Statute 736.0202.
• In 2013, the Florida Legislature changed Florida trust law regarding personal jurisdiction over beneficiaries and trustees.
• You may now be able to sue a non-Florida trustee in Florida probate court.
• If you’re thinking about getting involved in West Palm Beach trust and estates litigation, or if your a Boca Raton trust lawer, you need to be familiar with the personal jurisdiction laws in Florida.
• You should talk to your attorney about whether Florida Statute 736.0202 will allow you to sue a non-Florida trustee in Palm Beach probate court.