Q: I am on a fixed income. My friend passed. I'm told I need the will probated
A: I am very sorry for your loss and the passing of your friend, please accept my sympathy and condolences at this difficult time. In Florida you will need to get a Florida Probate Attorney in most circumstances in order to help you out and to file the probate. If you are named in the Will as the designated Personal Representative then you will be the person that likely will and should contact a Florida Probate Attorney, if there is a surviving spouse or children, they may well have some say so as well based upon Florida Statutory Law of based upon what the Will states. The type of probate that will be required will depend on the type of assets and the value of the assets that have to go through probate, at times a quicker and easier probate can be filed if the value of the estate that has to be probated is less than $75,000, this would not include your friend's homestead if they had one as it would be considered separate from the assets that may need to be probated. Your starting point, a Florida Probate Attorney.
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