Florida Beneficiary Rights

A devisee or heir  has a number of  Florida beneficiary rights under Florida estate law. Common Florida beneficiary rights: A copy of the original will. Florida Statute 732.901. Whoever has the will should give it to the court clerk within ten days of its discovery. The clerk for the county where the person died controls. The custodian of the will should give the clerk the date of death. He/she should also give the last four Social Security digits. If the decedent did not have a will, then the intestate laws determine the rights of beneficiaries. Contest the will. You can contest a will based on undue influence or lack of testamentary capacity. Undue influence means the senior was in a position of influence over the testator. It also requires that the person used this influence to get more in the will than would be expected. Testamentary capacity means the senior didn’t understand what he was signing. It also means not understand his or her assets. You can…

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