{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-732.2231","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 732.2231","heading":"Protection of payors and other third parties.","body":"(1) As used in this section, the term:\n(a) “Governing instrument” has the same meaning as in s. 732.2025.\n(b) “Payor” means the decedent’s personal representative, a trustee of a trust created by the decedent, an insurer, business entity, employer, government, governmental agency or subdivision, or any other person authorized or obligated by law or a governing instrument to make payments.\n(c) “Person” has the same meaning as in s. 732.2025.\n(2) A property interest is subject to property rights under ss. 732.216-732.228; however, a payor or other third party is not liable for paying, distributing, or transferring such property to a beneficiary designated in a governing instrument, or for taking any other action in good faith reliance on the validity of a governing instrument.\nHistory.—s. 8, ch. 2024-238.","path":["CHAPTER 732 PROBATE CODE: INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026URL=0700-0799/0732/0732.html","current_through":"2026 Florida Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:13:21Z","sha256":"1e7ae235b3db6ea905d8837e5969626f87a26037c85743f219c5e5810502bbbf","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-732.222","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-732.224"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}