How Do You Probate A Will In Florida?
The property of people who die in Florida is subject to the probate process. This is the procedure whereby the state of Florida determines how the property (often referred to as the estate) is distributed. When the person dies with a will, the court must determine if that will is valid, what is covered and how the property will be distributed. File the will after the person dies. In Florida, testators (people who make a will) can determine how their property is distributed at any time up to their death. Once they die, their will must be filed with the clerk of the circuit court in the county in which they died. Anyone who has the decedent’s will can do this. The will must be filed within 10 days of the will holder learning the testator has died. Prove the will. People who witness the testator making and signing the will prove the will by swearing an oath that they witnessed the act. Some wills in Florida are self-proving, meaning the testator had it signed and witnessed in front of a n
