HOW ARE PROBATE FEES DETERMINED IN FLORIDA PROBATE?
The personal representative, the Florida probate attorney and other professionals whose services may be required in administering the probate estate (such as appraisers and accountants) are entitled by Florida probate law to reasonable compensation. The probate fee for the personal representative ‘width’ is a duplicate attribute name. Line 1, position 37. is usually determined in one of five ways: (1) as set forth in the last will and testament; (2) as set forth in a contract between the personal representative and the decedent; (3) as agreed among the personal representative and the persons who bear the impact of the fee; (4) as the amount presumed to be reasonable as calculated under Florida probate law if the amount is not objected to; or (5) as determined by the Florida probate judge, applying Florida probate law. Likewise, the probate fee for the for the personal representative’s Florida probate attorney is usually determined (1) as agreed among the Florida probate attorney, the p
