Goal & what you need
Goal
Prevent wrong-procedure filings, lost originals, unsupported venue or family allegations, fiduciary-qualification errors, confidential-data exposure, defective opening packages, and premature use of proposed letters.
What you need
- Documented lawyer decision to seek Florida formal administration
- Identified petitioner, proposed personal representative, county under review, and filing objective
- Available will, death, family, property, fiduciary, and prior-proceeding source documents
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- 1Verify the decedent, prospective estate, lawyer, client or petitioner, assignment, lawyer-selected formal-administration path, county under review, scope, and protected workspace.
- 2Obtain written lawyer instructions identifying the asserted testate or intestate posture, proposed petitioner and personal representative, documents, reviewers, local sources, and prohibited staff decisions.
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