\nThe clerk shall have the authority, in the clerk's discretion, to consider and approve settlement agreements where the following apply:\n(1) The controversy arises with respect to a matter over which the clerk has jurisdiction.\n(2) The controversy arose in good faith.\nNothing herein shall be construed as giving a clerk the authority to approve a settlement agreement modifying the terms of a last will and testament or resolving a caveat of a last will and testament. (2011-344, s. 4.)
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