A deed designating the trust as the grantee is sufficient to pass legal title to the trustee

Prior state law provided that a deed that simply added the words “trustee” or “as trustee” to the name of the grantee conveyed to the grantee a fee simple estate unless the contrary intention appeared on the face of the conveyance, or the beneficiaries or nature and purpose of the trust were set forth in the deed, or the declaration of trust was on file in the land records.

In Raborn v. Menotte, 974 So. 2d 328 (Fla. 2008), the court held that a deed which identifies the grantor as the creator of and the grantee as trustee of a named trust shows sufficient “contrary intention” and grants legal title as trustee to the grantee.