The Florida Bar states: “Probate is necessary to pass ownership of the decedent’s probate assets to the decedent’s beneficiaries. If the decedent left a valid will, unless the will is admitted to probate in the court, it will be ineffective to pass ownership of...
Month: November 2013
A popular question I get from clients regularly, “are all assets subject to probate”.
On a daily basis I am asked the question, are all assets subject to probate?” The Florida bar states: “No, only assets owned by a decedent in his or her individual name require probate. Assets owned jointly as “tenants by the entirety” with a spouse, or “with rights...