Probate is the legal process of settling a person’s estate after they have passed away. In general, a decedent’s estate will need to go through probate whenever he or she died while owning property in their sole name, without any beneficiary designations. If the decedent owned real property, also known as real estate, in states other than their home state when they passed away, this property will have to undergo an additional probate procedure called ancillary probate. Ancillary probate is a supplementary probate proceeding in another state that is necessary to complete the “domiciliary” probate proceeding in the decedent’s home state and to effectively sell or transfer the property located in the non-domiciliary state. Learn more about the different types of ancillary probate and its process in Florida on Florida Probate Law Firm’s Frequently Asked Questions page. Browse hundreds of Probate Administration & Estate Planning questions to find the answers you’re looking for.
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Source: Florida Probate Firm