by Matthew Morrison | Aug 31, 2026 | Uncategorized
Summary administration is Florida’s shortened probate procedure. It ends in a single court order that assigns the decedent’s probate assets directly to the people entitled to them, and unlike formal administration it never appoints a personal...
by Matthew Morrison | Aug 17, 2026 | Uncategorized
A Florida probate flat fee is a fixed price for an attorney’s ordinary services in an estate administration, agreed before the work starts instead of calculated from the size of the estate. Florida law expressly allows it. Fla. Stat. §733.6171(2)(a) provides...
by Matthew Morrison | Aug 10, 2026 | Uncategorized
There is no single “missing beneficiary time limit” in Florida probate. There are six of them, they run on different clocks, and they start at different moments. A personal representative who serves formal notice gets a 20-day response window under Fla....
by Matthew Morrison | Aug 3, 2026 | Uncategorized
In Florida, the phrase “exempt from probate” covers two different things, and mixing them up is the single most common reason families are surprised by what a probate court actually does. The first meaning is assets that never enter probate at all, because...
by Matthew Morrison | Jul 27, 2026 | Uncategorized
Florida’s curator statute changed on July 1, 2026. Chapter 2026-85, Laws of Florida, enacted as CS/HB 131, rewrote Fla. Stat. §733.501 and reorganized it into five titled subsections. Four things are different. A probate court can now appoint a curator without...
by Matthew Morrison | Jul 20, 2026 | Uncategorized
How long does probate take in Florida? For most families the honest answer falls into one of two ranges. A summary administration, the shortened process for smaller or older estates, usually closes in about 1 to 3 months. A formal administration, the standard process...
