Statewide Probate provides legal services globally to executors of estates with property in Florida at hourly rates or flat fees. Our team of lawyers and paralegals has assisted thousands since 1999 with caring help, and has delivered substantial savings for many clients with estates over $250,000.

Probate is the legal process that takes place after someone dies to transfer ownership of assets that were only in his or her name. It can include:

• Proving to the probate court that the deceased person's will is valid.
• Identifying and taking an inventory of the deceased person's property.
• Determining the value of the deceased person's property.
• Paying all debts and any taxes due.
• Distributing the remaining property as the will or the law directs.
• Attorney and court fees which are typically paid from estate assets.

Florida probate law requires most executors of estates with property in Florida to use an attorney. Executors are under no obligation to use for probate the same law firm that wrote the will. Nearly all probate procedures in Florida involve paperwork drafted and filed by lawyers. Unlike some other states, Florida law generally does not allow "do-it-yourself" probate except in some cases involving very small bank accounts, refund checks, or similar assets.

Florida probate lawyers are allowed to charge a fee of up to 3% of the value of the estate. As a result, executors may pay probate lawyers fees that in some cases are excessive for the work needed: $15,000 to assist in transferring $500,000 in assets, or $30,000 for transferring $1 million in assets.

Statewide Probate, a service of McDonald Fleming Moorhead, assists executors for uncontested probate administration statewide throughout all of Florida.  We do not charge 3% for our services, but hourly rates or flat fees based upon the work you require. We are located in Pensacola and have assisted clients with probate in nearly every county in the State of Florida.

Whether your estate requires probate administration in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Sarasota, Fort Myers or West Palm Beach, Statewide Probate helps executors (called "personal representatives" in Florida) with "plain probate talk" and economical guidance.  We can serve all of Florida because in uncontested estates neither the executor nor the attorney has to actually go to court. Therefore, the personal representative does not need to live in Florida, and the attorney need not be near the courthouse.

If you are an executor of an estate with property in Florida, call us today for a FREE 20-minute consultation to learn if we can save you time and money.

Toll free number in the US (866) 245-6789
International callers +1 (850) 477-0660
Fax +1 (850) 202-8543
Email: info@statewideprobate.com