Florida Caveats and Estates

Pankauski Hauser limits its practice to trust and probate litigation, and civil appeals, throughout Florida. Are you questioning whether or not a certain Florida estate is being probated? What can you do to find out what’s going on with your mom or dad’s estate? Are you unsure as to whether a decedent’s Palm Beach estate is being administered ? What if the decedent owned you money and you’re a creditor? What if you’re an interested person or family member who is supposed to receive an inheritance and no one is telling you what’s going on?

You can file a caveat with the clerk of the court where the decedent passed away. Probate litigators also know that, under limited circumstances, you can actually file a caveat prior to someone passing away. If you’re interested in learning about a Florida probate proceeding and are worried that no one’s going to tell you about it, consider talking to your Florida estate lawyer about filing a caveat.

Florida Statute §731.110(1) provides that “any interested person who is apprehensive that an estate, either testate or intestate, will be administered or that a will may be admitted to probate without that person’s knowledge may file a caveat with the court. The caveat of the interested person, other than a creditor, may be filed before or after the death of the person for whom the estate will be, or is being, administered.”.