Clerk’s fees for filing opening a probate administration jumped rather dramatically on June 1, 2009.
Both Summary Administration and Formal Administration filing fees saw a $115 increase statewide. The new fees were updated on the Alachua County Clerk’s website.
But don’t blame the clerks!
The new clerk’s fees, signed into law by Charlie Christ last week do [...]
DADE CITY — Sheila Morgan led a hard, but straight, life before she landed in jail in March. That’s when authorities say she stole a court seal and forged a judge’s signature to speed up the paperwork on a $15,000 inheritance. She had never been arrested in Florida before.
Details of her curious crime came to [...]
A Memphis, Tennessee man died intestate, leaving a $2 million dollar estate behind, but the most heated “personal property” dispute in his probate estate was his trusty golden retriever, Alex.
Seems the fight may have been more about bickering beneficiaries.
Read the rest of the story here. (May 8, 2007, Associated Press – as seen freep.com, [...]