744.626 Exemption of benefits from claims of creditors. - Florida Statutes

744.626 Exemption of benefits from claims of creditors.

Except as provided by federal law, payments of benefits from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or the Social Security Administration to or for the benefit of a disabled veteran or the veteran’s surviving spouse or dependents are exempt from the claims of creditors and shall not be liable to attachment, levy, or seizure by or under any legal or equitable process whatever, either before or after the receipt of the payments by the guardian or the beneficiary.

History. s. 9, ch. 84-62; s. 48, ch. 93-268; s. 1121, ch. 97-102.