{"id":374,"date":"2018-04-17T20:54:16","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T20:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/duneganlaw.com\/?p=374"},"modified":"2018-06-27T02:38:35","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T02:38:35","slug":"alternatives-to-formal-administration-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duneganlaw.com\/2018\/04\/17\/alternatives-to-formal-administration-in-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Alternatives To Formal Administration In Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Florida law provides for several alternate abbreviated probate procedures other than the formal administration process.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSummary Administration\u201d is generally available only if the value of the estate subject to probate in Florida (less property which is exempt from the claims of creditors; for example, homestead real property in many circumstances) is not more than $75,000.00, and if the decedent\u2019s debts are paid, or the creditors do not object. Those who receive the estate assets in a summary administration generally remain liable for claims against the decedent for two years after the date of death. Summary administration is also available if the decedent has been dead for more than two years and there has been no prior administration.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Another alternative to the formal administration process is \u201cDisposition Without Administration.\u201d This is available only if probate estate assets consist solely of property classified as exempt from the claims of the decedent\u2019s creditors by applicable law and non-exempt personal property, the value of which does not exceed the total of (1) the amount of preferred funeral expenses; and (2) the amount of all reasonable and necessary medical and hospital expenses incurred in the last 60 days of the decedent\u2019s final illness, if any.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida law provides for several alternate abbreviated probate procedures other than the formal administration process. &nbsp; \u201cSummary Administration\u201d is generally available only if the value of the estate subject to probate in Florida (less property which is exempt from the claims of creditors; for example, homestead real property in many circumstances) is not more than [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,5],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duneganlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duneganlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duneganlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duneganlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duneganlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.duneganlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":375,"href":"https:\/\/www.duneganlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374\/revisions\/375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duneganlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duneganlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duneganlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}