The process that occurs after someone passes away might include probate and/or trust administration. There’s always something that needs to be done. There are essentially three over-arching steps.
What may sound like a simple question is actually quite complex. The short answer is that probate is not always required after someone passes away in Florida.
When a person passes away in Florida, there are a few ways their estate may be settled. During the estate administration process, the property and assets of a decedent are identified, collected, and distributed to their rightful beneficiaries.
Some people pass away leaving only their home or other real estate behind. Estates that are made up almost exclusively of real estate and personal items are subject to the same guidelines as any other estate.
We spend our lives working hard to accumulate assets we can pass down to our children and families after we die. Part of that hard work needs to include estate planning to ensure the property and assets we leave behind make it to our loved ones as intended
In this day and age, it’s not uncommon to become inundated with bank stubs, receipts from purchases and other documents or scraps of paper of
Elder exploitation is a particularly pernicious form of fraud and deceit against some of the most vulnerable people in society. You may have heard stories of elderly people losing their life savings and, unfortunately, this happens more than most people realize.
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The Law Offices of Hoyt & Bryan is Central Florida’s leading estate planning and elder law firm and the only Florida law firm with two attorneys board certified in both Wills, Trusts and Estates as well as in Elder Law. We were founded in 1999 and our main office is located in the heart of historic Oviedo, Florida.
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