In Florida, a personal representative (executor) can sell the property of the estate during a formal probate administration without the approval of all beneficiaries based on language that may be contained in the decedent's will or in accordance with Florida statutory...
According to Florida law, a petition to determine homestead in probate is typically filed to change record title to the property or release the personal representative from any obligations related to the property: Generally, petitions to determine homestead are...
No person with a financial interest in the transfer of Florida real estate should act as a witness to a deed. A person who is related to a grantor or grantee by blood or by marriage is not necessarily a person with a financial interest in the transfer. However, a...
According to Florida case law and statutory law, joinder of a spouse is not required in an interspousal conveyance of solely owned homestead property to the husband and wife as tenants by the entirety: We hold that article X, section 4(c), does not require joinder in...
According to Florida case law, failure to record a properly delivered deed until after the grantor has died has no effect on the deed's validity: Moreover, a deed takes effect from the date of delivery, and the recording of a deed is not essential to its validity as...
According to the case law as of the date of this article, a deed without the names of the grantees is void: "There is no question that under the law the deed which did not contain the names of the grantees was void. 16 Am. Jur., page 483, Section 79; 6 Thompson on...