| Production of Original Will (i.e., file original will with the court) | - custodian of the will must file within 10 days after receiving information testator is dead
| Fla.Stat. 732.901(1) |
Objection to Validity of Will, Qualification of Personal Representative, Jurisdiction or Venue | - if served with Formal Notice and Petition for Administration before issuance of Letters of Administration, then 20 days from date of service (read this article for more about this process Death Probate and Due Process)
- if served with Notice of Administration after issuance of letters of administration, then 3 months from date of service
| Fla.Stat. 733.212, 733.2123 Fla.Prob.R. 5.040, 5.201, 5.240 |
| Petition for Exempt Property | - if no will contest, then 4 months from service of Notice of Administration
- if will contest, then 40 days after the termination of the proceeding
| Fla.Stat. 732.402 Fla.Prob.R. 5.406 |
| Petition for $18,000 Family Allowance | - any time during administration
| Fla.Stat. 732.403, Fla.Prob.R. 5.407 |
| Election to Take Elective Share | - the earlier of 6 months from service of Notice of Administration or 2 years after the death
| Fla.Stat. 732.2135 |
| Homestead | - petition to determine homestead may be filed any time during administration
- a surviving spouse may elect to take 1/2 interest as a tenant in common in lieu of life estate within 6 months after the date of death; the election is irrevocable
| Fla.Stat. 732.401 Fla.Prob.R. 5.405 |
| Creditor Claims | - if served with Notice to Creditors (required for all known or reasonably ascertainable creditors, then 30 days from date of service
- if served by publication (unknown creditors), then 3 months from 1st publication date
- whether served or not, all creditor claims are barred 2 years after the date of death (known as a statute of repose)
| Fla.Stat. 733.2121, 733.702, 733.710 F |
