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Florida probate – How to change deed?
Question : Florida probate – How to change deed?
My father passed away in 2007 and I still haven’t transferred the deed of his Florida home to my name.
How do I go about doing this? From what I’ve heard, what I really need is an ansillary(sp?) form, which can only be gotten through a probate lawyer. I also don’t know what kind of forms and things I need to have other than his will and the actual deed. I’m young and don’t know much about these kinds of things. Any help or a point in the right direction would be appreciated.
ETA: Not the only heir – my sister inherited the property in Georgia, and I am to receive the property in Florida. GA house is already probated over. I had to wait on her to finish before I could start mine.
Also, GA probate was different. What she had to do there is not what I need to do in FL, so she doesn’t know how to help.
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Best answer:
Answer by Sharon T
You will need a Florida attorney to handle this for you. Be sure to get a firm quote before engaging his/her services. It shouldn’t cost over $ 500 plus filing fees if you are the only heir.
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#2 written by Nancy G 1 year ago
Have you filed a petition for probate with the court? The will by itself does not give you authority to do anything, even if the will names you as the executor/personal representative and the beneficiary of the estate assets. If you haven’t filed the petition for probate you need to get an attorney to do that and go through the probate process — you will need to be appointed as the executor/personal representative, provide the legally required notices to potential creditors (in most states its done by pubilshing a notice in the paper), file an inventory of the estate’s assets with the court, settle the debts of the estate, file a final accounting with the court, and then distribute the estate assets and be relieved of your duties when the probate is closed.
I work for an attorney and we do probate work.
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You need a probate attorney to help with this. I have no idea why the entire estate was not probated at the same time, I have never heard of it being split like this.