Part III · Guardianship
Rule 5.910. Inventory
… 389 RULE 5.920. FORMS RELATED TO INJUNCTION FOR PROTECTION AGAINST EXPLOITATION OF A VULNERABLE ADULT … 396 RULE 5.930. AFFIDAVIT OF QUALIFIED CUSTODIAN OF ELECTRONIC WILL … 413 CITATIONS TO OPINIONS ADOPTING OR AMENDING RULES ORIGINAL ADOPTION, effective 1-1-68: 201 So. 2d 409. OTHER OPINIONS: Effective Date: Citation Description 1-1-76: 324 So.2d 38. Complete revision (temporary rules). 7-1-77: 344 So.2d 828. Complete revision. 1-1-81: 387 So.2d 949. Four-year-cycle revision. Amended 5.020, 5.040, 5.340, 5.345, 5.400, 5.440, 5.520, 5.540, 5.550, 5.560, 5.570, 5.630, 5.660, 5.690; added 5.205. 1-1-85: 458 So.2d 1079. Four-year-cycle revision. Amended 5.020–5.040, 5.080, 5.110, 5.150, 5.170, 5.180, 5.210, 5.230, 5.240–5.270, 5.340–5.420, 5.440, 5.460–5.490, 5.510–5.560, 5.600, 5.620, 5.660, 5.670; deleted 5.280, 5.290, 5.410, 5.450, 5.500, 5.570; added 5.041, 5.042, 5.065, 5.395, 5.401, 5.405, 5.406. 1-1-85: 460 So.2d 906. Amended 5.340. 12-23-87: 517 So.2d 675. Amended 5.540, 5.560; added 5.710. 1-1-89: 531 So.2d 1261. Four-year-cycle revision. Amended 5.015, 5.025, 5.042, 5.050, 5.080, 5.110, 5.160, 5.180, 5.205– 5.240, 5.270, 5.340, 5.360, 5.400, 5.405–5.420, 5.440, 5.490, 5.510, 5.620, 5.630, 5.650–5.670, 5.690; deleted 5.190, 5.390, 5.540, 5.590; added 5.122, 5.171, 5.201, 5.235, 5.275, 5.346, 5.355, 5.385, 5.386, 5.475, 5.495. 10-1-89: 551 So.2d 452. Amended 5.015, 5.550, 5.560, 5.610–5.660, 5.680–5.700; added 5.590, 5.800. 10-1-91: 584 So.2d 964. Amended 5.010, 5.040, 5.050, 5.240, 5.550, 5.560, 5.590–5.630, 5.650–5.680, 5.700–5.800; amended and renumbered 5.690 to 5.695; deleted 5.495; added 5.540, 5.541, 5.555, 5.635, 5.690, 5.696, 5.697, 5.705, 5.900. 1-1-93: 607 So.2d 1306. Four-year-cycle revision. Amended 5.025, 5.120, 5.200, 5.240, 5.260, 5.310, 5.346, 5.400, 5.470, 5.690, 5.695, 5.900; added 5.496, 5.636. 1-1-97: 683 So.2d 78. Four-year-cycle revision. Amended 5.040, 5.041, 5.080, 5.100, 5.180, 5.210, 5.235, 5.240, 5.346, 5.370, 5.400, 5.401, 5.405, 5.406, 5.470, 5.560, 5.590, 5.680. 1-1-01: 778 So.2d 272. Four-year-cycle revision. Amended 5.015, 5.040, 5.041, 5.065, 5.100, 5.110, 5.555, 5.560, 5.705. 10-11-01: 807 So.2d 622, 816 So.2d 1095. Amended 5.025, 5.340, 5.360; added 5.365. 5-2-02, applicable to 824 So.2d 849. Amended 5.080, 5.200, 5.205, 5.210, 5.240, 5.310, 5.340, 5.345, 5.346, 5.385, 5.405, 5.440, Effective Date: Citation Description decedents dying after December 31, 2001: 5.510, 5.530; deleted 5.070, 5.520; added 5.215, 5.216, 5.241, 5.341, 5.404. 6-19-03, applicable to decedents dying after December 31, 2001: 848 So.2d 1069. Two-year-cycle revision. Amended 5.122, 5.205, 5.240, 5.385, 5.430, 5.496; added 5.342. 1-1-04: 848 So.2d 1069. Two-year-cycle revision. Amended 5.555, 5.680; added 5.407, 5.552. 10-1-04: 887 So.2d 1090. Amended 5.697. 1-1-06: 912 So.2d 1178. Two-year-cycle revision. Amended 5.040, 5.041, 5.042, 5.240, 5.241, 5.270, 5.345, 5.346, 5.360, 5.400, 5.404, 5.475, 5.496, 5.530, 5.620; added 5.402, 5.403, 5.498, 5.499, 5.625. 2-1-07: 948 So.2d 735. Amended 5.180, 5.550, 5.552, 5.555, 5.560, 5.625, 5.630, 5.636, 5.660, 5.680, 5.695; added 5.646, 5.647, 5.685, 5.720, 5.725. 7-12-07: 964 So.2d 140. Amended 5.015, 5.240, 5.241; added 5.648. 1-1-08: 959 So.2d 1170. Three-year-cycle revision. Amended 5.040, 5.041, 5.200, 5.210, 5.241, 5.490, 5.496, 5.498, 5.499, 5.530, 5.650, 5.670, 5.697, 5.710; added 5.095, 5.645. 7-10-08: 986 So.2d 576. Amended 5.015, 5.030, 5.040, 5.050, 5.120, 5.540, 5.541, 5.620, 5.625, 5.640, 5.650, 5.660, 5.680, 5.720; added 5.649, 5.681. 1-1-11: 50 So.3d 578. Three-year cycle review. Amended 5.020, 5.030, 5.040, 5.041, 5.060, 5.110, 5.200, 5.205, 5.210, 5.235, 5.260, 5.330, 5.340, 5.346, 5.360, 5.405, 5.406, 5.440, 5.470, 5.496, 5.696, 5.710, 5.725. 1-1-11: 51 So.3d 1146. Amended 5.201, 5.260, 5.360 and created 5.3425. 7-7-11: 67 So.3d 1035. Amended 5.260. 9-28-11: 73 So.3d 205. Amended 5.025, 5.240. 10-1-11: 78 So.3d 1045. Amended 5.200, 5.210, 5.530. 9-1-12: 102 So.3d 505. Amended 5.030, 5.040, 5.041, 5.060, 5.120. 5.200, 5.340, 5.342, 5.350, 5.355, 5.360, 5.370, 5.380, 5.385, 5.386, 5.400, 5.401, 5.402, 5.403, 5.405, 5.406, 5.407, 5.430, 5.440, 5.460, 5.470, 5.475. 5.496, 5.498, 5.499, 5.510, 5.530, 5.620, 5.630, 5.650, 5.660, 5.670, 5.680, 5.690. 5.695, 5.696, 5.700. 10-1-12: 95 So.3d 96. Amended 5.042. 4-1-13: 102 So.3d 451. Adopted 5.043. 11-27-13: 131 So.3d 717. Amended 5.240 and 5.260. Effective Date: Citation Description 1-1-14: 123 So.3d 31. Amended: 5.060, 5.110, 5.230, 5.395, 5.400, 5.404, 5.530, 5.649, 5.660, 5.681, 5.696. Adopted 5.2405. 4-22-14: 139 So.3d 875. Amended: 5.120, 5.200, 5.210, 5.385, 5.405, 5.406, 5.407, 5.530, 5.550, 5.555, 5.560, 5.590, 5.636, 5.646. 11-6-14: 150 So.3d 1100. Amended 5.590. 12-17-15: 181 So.3d 480. Amended 5.240, 5.310, 5.648, 5.695, 5.705. 9-15-16: 200 So.3d 761. Amended 5.050; 5.560; 5.646; 5.648; 5.670, 5.710. 1-1-17: 199 So.3d 835. Amended 5.040, 5.041, 5.042, 5.080, 5.345, 5.346, 5.550, 5.560, 5.620, 5.690, 5.696. 9-7-17: 226 So.3d 245. Amended 5.550, 5.695. 9-27-18: 253 So.3d 983. Amended 5.025. 9-3-20: 301 So.3d 859. Amended 5.550, 5.560, 5.649, 5.900. Adopted 5.901, 5.902, 5.903, 5.904, 5.905, 5.906, 5.910. 9-24-20: 415 So.3d 1055. Adopted 5.920. 12-31-20: 309 So.3d 196. Amended 5.040, 5.065, 5.240, 5.550, 5.555, 5.560, 5.630, 5.850. Adopted 5.425. 1-1-20: 287 So.3d 492. Amended 5.020, 5.040, 5.200, 5.240, 5.241, 5.275, 5.320, 5.360, 5.407, 5.470, 5.490, 5.499, 5.636, 5.649, 5.681, 5.695, 5.900. 1-16-20: 288 So.3d 565. Amended 5.015, 5.043, 5.120, 5.200, 5.210, 5.215, 5.230. 12-31-20: 309 So.3d 196. Amended 5.040, 5.065, 5.240, 5.550, 5.555, 5.560, 5.630, 5.850. Adopted 5.425. 10-28-21: 344 So.3d 940. Amended 5.030, 5.040, 5.041, 5.042, 5.043, 5.060, 5.080, 5.120, 5.200, 5.210, 5.340, 5.342, 5.350, 5.355, 5.360, 5.370, 5.380, 5.385, 5.386, 5.400, 5.401, 5.402, 5.403, 5.405, 5.406, 5.407, 5.430, 5.440, 5.460, 5.470, 5.475, 5.490, 5.496, 5.498, 5.499, 5.510, 5.530, 5.550, 5.555, 5.560, 5.590, 5.620, 5.630, 5.636, 5.646, 5.650, 5.660, 5.670, 5.680, 5.690, 5.695, 5.696, 5.700. 11-4-21: 334 So.3d 562. Amended 5.020, 5.200, 5.320, 5.340, 5.402, 5.403, 5.404, 5.405, 5.555. 10-1-22: 346 So.3d 1105. Amended 5.080. 4-1-23: 356 So.3d 224. Amended 5.040, 5.330. Adopted 5.930. 12-14-23: 376 So.3d 598. Amended 5.630, 5.649, 5.904, 5.905, 5.906, 5.920. Adopted 5.631. 9-5-24: 393 So.3d 178. Amended 5.240, 5.241, 5.550, 5.681, and 5.905. 10-1-24: 390 So.3d 624. Amended 5.025, 5.340, 5.405. 1-1-25: 397 So.3d 993. Amended 5.320 and 5.550. 2-27-25: 403 So.3d 219. Amended 5.240, 5.241, and 5.550. 7-1-25: 406 So.3d 926. Amended 5.040, 5.499, and 5.904. 8-28-25: 417 So.3d 265. Amended 5.920. 10-1-25: 417 So.3d 283. Amended 5.405. Effective Date: Citation Description 1-1-26: 2025 WL 3033499. Amended 5.010. NOTE TO USERS: Rules in this pamphlet are current through the opinion in 2025 WL 3033499. Subsequent amendments, if any, can be found at www.floridasupremecourt.org/decisions/rules.shtml. The Florida Bar also updates the rules on its website at www.FloridaBar.org (on the homepage click “Rules Updates”). PART I — GENERAL