2023 Florida Statutes
< Back to Statute SearchTitle XLII ESTATES AND TRUSTS
Chapter 736
FLORIDA TRUST CODE
SECTION 1004Attorney’s fees and costs.
736.1004 Attorney’s fees and costs.—
(1)(a) In all actions for breach of fiduciary duty or challenging the exercise of, or failure to exercise, a trustee’s powers; and
the court shall award taxable costs as in chancery actions, including attorney fees and guardian ad litem fees.
(2) When awarding taxable costs under this section, including attorney fees and guardian ad litem fees, the court, in its discretion, may direct payment from a party’s interest, if any, in the trust or enter a judgment that may be satisfied from other property of the party, or both.
History.—s. 10, ch. 2006-217.