Top 12 Florida Probate Questions 

Top 12 Florida Probate Questions 

What is Probate?

What is a Will?

Who is involved in the probate process?

What is a Personal Representative and what does a Personal Representative do?

What are the Estate’s obligations to Estate creditors?

What are the rights of the decedent’s surviving family?

How long does Probate take?

What if there is a revocable trust?

Where is the Florida Probate Code located?

You can find the Florida Probate Code in Chapters 731 through 735 of the Florida Statutes.

Where can I find Estate Forms?

You can find Estate forms such as

– Petition to Determine Homestead

-Inventory

-Order Admitting Will to Probate and Appointing Personal Representative(s)

-Letters of Administration

-Order Designating Restricted Depository for Assets

-Order to Open Safe Deposit Box

Here https://www.jud11.flcourts.org/Probate-Smart-Forms

How do I located unclaimed Assets of the Deceased?

Find out if the decedent has any unclaimed funds from a forgotten financial account in Florida by searching their unclaimed property online at: https://www.fltreasurehunt.gov

Where do I purchase a probate surety bond?

Example:  https://www.palmettosurety.com/2024/05/probate-bonds-florida-usa/

Where can I find the Florida Probate Rules?

https://www-media.floridabar.org/uploads/2025/02/Probate-Rules-02-27-25.pdf

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