(1) A family trust company or a licensed family trust company may, for its eligible members and individuals:

(a) Act as a sole or copersonal representative, executor, or curator for probate estates being administered in a state or jurisdiction other than this state.
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Terms Used In Florida Statutes 662.130

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Family trust company: means a corporation or limited liability company that:
    (a) Is exclusively owned by one or more family members. See Florida Statutes 662.111
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Foreign licensed family trust company: means a family trust company that:
    (a) Is licensed by a state in the United States other than this state or the District of Columbia. See Florida Statutes 662.111
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Licensed family trust company: means a family trust company that operates in accordance with this chapter and has been issued a license that has not been revoked or suspended by the office. See Florida Statutes 662.111
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(b) Act as an attorney in fact or agent under a power of attorney, other than a power of attorney governed by chapter 709.
(c) Except as provided in s. 662.131, act within or outside this state as a sole fiduciary or cofiduciary, including acting as a trustee, advisory agent, assignee, assignee for the benefit of creditors, authenticating agent, bailee, bond or indenture trustee, conservator, conversion agent, custodian, escrow agent, fiscal or paying agent, financial advisor, guardian, investment advisor or manager, managing agent, purchase agent, receiver, registrar, safekeeping or subscription agent, transfer agent, except for public companies, warrant agent, or similar capacities generally performed by corporate trustees, and in so acting possess, purchase, sell, invest, reinvest, safekeep, or otherwise manage or administer the real or personal property of eligible members and individuals.
(d) Exercise the powers of a corporation or limited liability company incorporated or organized under the laws of this state, or qualified to transact business as a foreign corporation or limited liability company under the laws of this state, which are reasonably necessary to enable it to fully exercise, in accordance with commonly accepted customs and usages, a power conferred under this chapter.
(e) Delegate duties and powers, including investment functions under s. 518.112, in accordance with the powers granted to a trustee under chapter 736 or other applicable law, and retain agents, attorneys, accountants, investment advisers, or other individuals or entities to advise or assist the family trust company, licensed family trust company, or foreign licensed family trust company in the exercise of its powers and duties under this chapter and chapter 736. Such exercise of power may include, but is not limited to, retaining a bank trust department, or a public trust company, other than another family trust company, licensed family trust company, or foreign licensed family trust company.
(f) Perform all acts necessary for exercising the powers enumerated in this section or authorized by this chapter and other applicable laws of this state.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in s. 662.131, a foreign licensed family trust company that is in good standing in its principal jurisdiction may exercise all the trust powers in this state that a Florida family trust company may exercise.