Q: My mother died in Florida without a will. I live in Maine so my brother in Florida handled everything through probate.
Most everything was split 50/50, but now that things have settled ,my brother wants me to send him $10,000 to pay various friends who my mother owed. Also for his lost wages and a car that a bank forced him to pay for. How will I know the truth?
A:
If your mother's estate went through Probate anywhere in Florida the Probate Court that handled it has online records and documents filed of the Probate.
However, many Probate documents and Court records are not public; so unless you hire a Florida lawyer to look at the online records for you, the detailed information you are searching for might not be available.
The Florida lawyer you hire does NOT have to live or work in the county where the probate case was; any licensed Florida lawyer can locate electronic stuff online anywhere in Florida.
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