by Primary | Jun 30, 2020
If the account is small enough, your mother can get a court order through a self-help, no-attorney process called Disposition Without Administration. Call the probate clerk in the county where your father resided and see if you can go this route. Usually the probate...
by Primary | Jun 30, 2020
Recording a Will alone will not change the title to land or other property. No one will know if the recorded will was valid or if it was the final will of the decedent. Second, there are situations in which the property cannot pass according to the Will due to the...
by Primary | Jun 30, 2020
No, very small estates without land may qualify for “disposition without administration” and some estates may qualify for summary administration, which is a faster and cheaper form of probate. Because Florida’s homestead definition allows unlimited value (but not...
by Primary | Jun 30, 2020
Unless there are complications or disputes, most estates take between six and ten months for formal administration and four to five weeks for a summary administration. Larger estates in which estate taxes are due cannot close for some time until the IRS signs off on...
by Primary | Jun 30, 2020
No, jointly held assets between husband and wife almost always are “survivorship” assets, with the surviving spouse automatically owning those assets upon the decedent’s death. Insurance and other assets which have a “pay on death”...
