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Florida’s Slayer Statute

Posted by Adrian P. Thomas on November 26th, 2008   |   No Comments »

Why The Slayer Rule May Prevent the Slayer’s Estate From Benefiting From the Slayer’s Act

By Adrian P. Thomas

Nullus Commodum capere potest de injuria sua propria (No man can take advantage of his own wrong)

Some readers may be familiar with one of my cases that has been in the headlines recently.  When appropriate, the Florida Slayer Rule can be applied to prevent an injustice and to preclude a killer from benefiting from the crime.

Florida, like many other states, has adopted the Uniform Probate Code’s version of the Slayer Rule. See Fla.Stat. §732.802. Unif. Probate Code 2-803 (amended 1993), 8 U.L.A. 211, 211-12. The relevant part of the statute reads: Read the rest of this entry

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