Following the death of a loved one you may find that you were picked to serve as the personal representative and to lead the probate of the estate. Do you know where to start? You may want to file a petition for administration with the West Palm Beach probate court. Do you know what to include? Failure to have all the necessities could spell rejection of your petition in West Palm Beach.
What is a Petition for Administration?
- A petition for administration may be the first document you file in the West Palm Beach probate court.
- Essentially you are petitioning for two things, do you know what they are?
- First you are asking the Court to appoint a personal representative in most cases the petitioner is the one who is seeking appointment.
- You are also asking for admission to probate.
- What does that mean?
- Basically you are asking for permission to have the will that you attach to the petitionprobated by the Court as opposed to any other wills.
What Has to be in the Petition?
- Understanding what the petition does is not always the hard part.
- You need to get all the technicalities right or the petition may get rejected.
- Experienced Palm Beach probate litigators know the devil is in the details.
- Your petition should include:
- A statement of interest, in other words who is writing the petition and why.
- The name, address, last four digits of the social security number and place of death.
- Information on the surviving spouse and potential beneficiaries.
- A statement of why West Palm Beach is the proper venue for the probate.
- A statement of why the personal representative should be who you say it is.
- You will have to declare whether or not there are any ancillary probates in other jurisdictions.
- Do you know what an ancillary probate is?
- Also you are going to need to value the estate for the Court.
- Finally you should identify and attach the will if there is one.
Are you prepared to file a petition for administration in West Palm Beach?
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