Florida Probate Rules
Current through January 1, 2026
Chapter I · General
- 5.010 Scope
- 5.015 General Definitions
- 5.020 Pleadings; Verification; Motions Deadlines
- 5.025 Adversary Proceedings Deadlines
- 5.030 Attorneys
- 5.040 Notice Deadlines
- 5.041 Service of Pleadings and Documents
- 5.042 Time
- 5.043 Deposit of Wills and Codicils Deadlines
- 5.050 Transfer of Proceedings
- 5.060 Request for Notices and Copies of Pleadings
- 5.065 Notice of Civil Action or Ancillary Administration
- 5.080 Discovery and Subpoena
- 5.095 General and Special Magistrates Deadlines
- 5.100 Right of Appeal
- 5.110 Address Designation for Personal Representative or Guardian; Designation of Resident Agent and Acceptance Deadlines
- 5.120 Administrator Ad Litem and Guardian Ad Litem Deadlines
- 5.122 Curators Deadlines
- 5.150 Order Requiring Accounting Deadlines
- 5.160 Production of Assets
- 5.170 Evidence
- 5.171 Evidence of Death Deadlines
- 5.180 Waiver and Consent
Chapter II · Probate
- 5.200 Petition for Administration Deadlines
- 5.201 Notice of Petition for Administration
- 5.205 Filing Evidence of Death Deadlines
- 5.210 Probate of Wills Without Administration
- 5.215 Authenticated Copy of Will
- 5.216 Will Written in Foreign Language
- 5.230 Commission to Prove Will
- 5.235 Issuance of Letters, Bond
- 5.240 Notice of Administration Deadlines
- 5.241 Notice to Creditors Deadlines
- 5.260 Caveat; Proceedings
- 5.270 Revocation of Probate
- 5.275 Burden of Proof in Will Contests
- 5.310 Disqualification of Personal Representative; Notification Deadlines
- 5.320 Oath of Personal Representative Deadlines
- 5.330 Execution by Personal Representative
- 5.340 Inventory Deadlines
- 5.341 Estate Information
- 5.342 Inventory of Safe-deposit Box Deadlines
- 5.345 Accountings Other Than Personal Representatives’ Final Accountings Deadlines
- 5.346 Fiduciary Accounting
- 5.350 Continuance of Unincorporated Business or Venture
- 5.355 Proceedings for Review of Employment of Agents and Compensation of Personal Representatives and Estate Employees
- 5.360 Elective Share Deadlines
- 5.365 Petition for Dower
- 5.370 Sales of Real Property Where No Power Conferred
- 5.380 Compulsory Payment of Devises or Distributive Interests
- 5.385 Determination of Beneficiaries and Shares
- 5.386 Escheat Deadlines
- 5.395 Notice of Federal Estate Tax Return Deadlines
- 5.400 Distribution and Discharge Deadlines
- 5.401 Objections to Petition for Discharge or Final Accounting Deadlines
- 5.402 Notice of Lien on Protected Homestead
- 5.403 Proceedings to Determine Amount of Lien on Protected Homestead
- 5.404 Notice of Taking Possession of Protected Homestead
- 5.405 Proceedings to Determine Protected Homestead Status of Real Property
- 5.406 Proceedings to Determine Exempt Property
- 5.407 Proceedings to Determine Family Allowance
- 5.420 Disposition of Personal Property Without Administration Deadlines
- 5.425 Disposition Without Administration of Intestate Personal Property in Small Estates Deadlines
- 5.430 Resignation of Personal Representative Deadlines
- 5.440 Proceedings for Removal of Personal Representative Deadlines
- 5.460 Subsequent Administration
- 5.470 Ancillary Administration
- 5.475 Ancillary Administration, Short Form Deadlines
- 5.490 Form and Manner of Presenting Claim Deadlines
- 5.496 Form and Manner of Objecting to Claim Deadlines
- 5.498 Personal Representative’s Proof of Claim Deadlines
- 5.499 Form and Manner of Objecting to Personal Representative’s Proof of Claim Deadlines
- 5.510 Establishment and Probate of Lost or Destroyed Will
- 5.530 Summary Administration Deadlines
Chapter III · Guardianship
- 5.540 Hearings
- 5.541 Recording of Hearings
- 5.550 Petition to Determine Incapacity Deadlines
- 5.552 Voluntary Guardianship of Property
- 5.555 Guardianships of Minors
- 5.560 Petition for Appointment of Guardian of an Incapacitated Person
- 5.590 Application for Appointment as Guardian; Disclosure Statement; Filing
- 5.600 Oath
- 5.610 Execution by Guardian
- 5.620 Inventory Deadlines
- 5.625 Notice of Completion of Guardian Education Requirements Deadlines
- 5.630 Petition for Approval of Acts
- 5.631 Petition for Approval by Professional Guardian for Order Not to Resuscitate or to Withhold Life-prolonging Procedures Deadlines
- 5.635 Petition for Extraordinary Authority
- 5.636 Settlement of Minors’ Claims Deadlines
- 5.640 Continuance of Unincorporated Business or Venture of Ward
- 5.645 Management of Property of Nonresident Ward by Foreign Guardian
- 5.646 Standby Guardians Deadlines
- 5.647 Surrogate Guardian
- 5.648 Emergency Temporary Guardian Deadlines
- 5.649 Guardian Advocate Deadlines
- 5.650 Resignation or Disqualification of Guardian; Appointment of Successor Deadlines
- 5.660 Proceedings for Removal of Guardian Deadlines
- 5.670 Termination of Guardianship on Change of Domicile of Resident Ward Deadlines
- 5.680 Termination of Guardianship Deadlines
- 5.681 Restoration of Rights of Person with Developmental Disability Deadlines
- 5.685 Determination Regarding Alternatives to Guardianship
- 5.690 Initial Guardianship Report Deadlines
- 5.695 Annual Guardianship Report Deadlines
- 5.696 Guardian Accounting
- 5.697 Magistrates’ Review of Guardianship Inventories, Accountings, and Plans Deadlines
- 5.700 Objection to Guardianship Reports
- 5.705 Petition for Interim Judicial Review
- 5.710 Reports of Public Guardian Deadlines
- 5.720 Court Monitor
- 5.725 Emergency Court Monitor Deadlines
- 5.800 Application of Revised Chapter 744 to Existing Guardianships
- 5.906 Letters of Guardian Advocacy
- 5.910 Inventory