What Are The Rights Of The Decedent’s Surviving Family?
The decedent’s surviving spouse and children may be entitled to receive probate assets from the decedent’s probate estate, even if the decedent’s will gives them nothing. Florida law protects the decedent’s surviving spouse and certain surviving children from total disinheritance. For example, a surviving spouse may have rights in the decedent’s homestead real property. [...]