Florida Probate Litigation: What Can You Do To Find Out What’s Going On With Your Mom or Dad’s Estate?

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 a West Palm Beach or Orlando estate? Are you unsure as to whether a decedent’s Palm Beach estate is being administered ? If the decedent owed you money and you are a creditor, how can you find out information about the estate? 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?

If you are an interested person in a Florida estate and feel that you are out of the loop, you can file a caveat with the clerk of the court. A West Palm Beach probate lawyer can assist you with this. This caveat should be filed at the courthouse located within the county where decedent passed 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.”.