{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-689.15","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 689.15","heading":"Estates by survivorship.","body":"The doctrine of the right of survivorship in cases of real estate and personal property held by joint tenants shall not prevail in this state; that is to say, except in cases of estates by entirety, a devise, transfer or conveyance heretofore or hereafter made to two or more shall create a tenancy in common, unless the instrument creating the estate shall expressly provide for the right of survivorship; and in cases of estates by entirety, the tenants, upon dissolution of marriage, shall become tenants in common.\nHistory.—s. 20, Nov. 17, 1829; RS 1819; GS 2294; RGS 3617; CGL 5482; s. 3, ch. 20954, 1941; s. 1, ch. 73-300.","path":["TITLE XL REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY","CHAPTER 689 CONVEYANCES OF LAND AND DECLARATIONS OF TRUST"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026URL=0600-0699/0689/0689.html","current_through":"2026 Florida Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:12:17Z","sha256":"a33aafc65dd1d2b2fa326941258dbd9921f3378b221718e901ceac275b63d788","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-689.14","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-689.17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}