| 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 |
