Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Florida

my grandmother just passed away and there is a will and inheritance ( i am one of her grandsons) my family and i are severely estranged and have been for many years now... my mother says it could be a year or two before anyone sees and $$ and my uncle (the executor of the will) says i will get a letter from the lawyer in the mail but refuses to give any more details.... i do not trust anything any of them say.... how do i find out answers on my own? like contacting the lawyer on my own? I am unemployed right now and have no $$ to get my own lawyer....


Asked on 3/12/16, 6:55 pm

3 Answers from Attorneys
David Slater David P. Slater, Esq.

File a Caveat in the probate Court.

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Answered on 3/12/16, 7:30 pm
Barry Stein De Cardenas, Freixas, Stein & Zachary

If you have a bequest you

Can hire an attorney who will be paid from that bequest. Hire an attorney

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Answered on 3/13/16, 6:33 am
Lucreita Becude Lucreita D. Becude, P.A.

if there was a will it must be filed on the record and it become public after death. Call the clerk of court for the county she died in and see if there is a will on file and if a probate has been filed. If she did not have a will and it is not filed on the record, it will be presumed that she died without a will (intestate). Her assets go to her surviving husband if she was married at the time of death and he is living. If he was divorced from her or he died prior to her death, then her assets will be divided among her children. A grandson can not take unless she specifically left you something in the will.

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Answered on 3/14/16, 7:30 am


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