Florida Probate question?

Until the estate is closed. Fla. law requires publication of a notice to creditors and interested parties who have 90 days (actually 93 in practice) to file claims. Depending on the county there is about a 10 day lead time from filing the petition until the local newspaper can publish notice. If any claims are filed or any objections are made to any proceeding then they must be resolved before trhe estate may be closed. If there are any unpaid bills they must be resolved. If there is any property tro be sold or any trusts that must be opened for minor benfiiaries, that must be done. Receipts from any benficiaries must be filed. And if estate taxes are due they must be paid and the IRS clearance letter must be filed. Anything else that must be done to wind up the deceased's affairs must also be completed, however long it takes.

So, assuming eveything can be done in within the publication period, there is a minimum of 93 days from the date of the first publication & about 10 days lead time == or about 103 days more or less.

Small estates, consisting mainly of exempt assets under Fla. homestead law, or estates of persons dead more than two years (the statute of limitations for claims against the deceased) can often be wound up in shorter periods.

have you ever filed a petition for probate with the courtroom? the will by ability of itself does not provide you authority to do something, whether the will names you because of fact the executor/very own representative and the beneficiary of the valuables components. in case you haven't any longer filed the petition for probate you may desire to get an lawyer to do this and circulate in the process the probate technique -- you will might desire to be appointed because of fact the executor/very own representative, furnish the legally required notices to means lenders (in maximum states its executed by ability of pubilshing a observe in the paper), report a itemizing of the valuables's components with the courtroom, settle the money owed of the valuables, report a very final accounting with the courtroom, and then distribute the valuables components and be relieved of your duties while the probate is closed. I paintings for an lawyer and we do probate paintings.

My husband just died and did not leave me as beneficiary on one of his stock accounts. Now I have to go into probate. There are no debts and we own our home jointly. How long will probate last?

It depends on the size of the estate . . . as well as the efficiency of the executor. My mother-in-law's estate took about 15 months.