lindascobb
New Member
My husband passed away 7 years ago this past September. I have never been able to come up with the $5,000 an attorney wants to start probating the estate. The estate consists of a home worth about $175,000. Due to this I have lost half of my homestead exemption and my taxes have skyrocketed and becoming unaffordable. I need to get it done. I have been told that a I could do a summary admninstration due to the amount of time that has gone by since none of his children have come forward to put a claim in. This is in Florida by the way. We bought this house in 1992 as two individuals and got married later but of course the complication is the way the house was titled originally. I have not been able to find the paperwork myself to do a summary administraton. There is a will as well. Can I do this without the expense of an attorney? Any advise would be helpful.