Get Florida Statute 735 301

Disposition of Personal Property Without Administration. The disposition is filed to request the release of assets of the deceased to the person who paid the final expense, such as funeral bills or medical bills for the last 60 days. This procedure may be accomplished with the filing of an informal application.

735.301 Disposition without administration - (3) Any person, firm or corporation paying, delivering, or transferring property under the authorization shall be forever discharged from any liability thereon.

Disposition without administration. (1) No administration shall be required or formal proceedings instituted upon the estate of a decedent leaving only personal property exempt under the provisions of s.

To use Summary Administration requires filing a petition with the probate court. It also requires doing the following: Valuing the estate, which can consist of no more than $75,000 in assets.

Under Section 735.301, Florida Statutes, the estate must consist of personal property exempt from claim of creditors (see Section 732.402, Florida Statutes), and non-exempt personal property that does not exceed the amount of the funeral expenses. There can not be any real estate in the estate.

A disposition without administration is the probate process used to quickly transfer the ownership of the decedent's small estate to an heir or beneficiary. All the heir or beneficiary needs to do is petition a court to allow this transfer.

735.301 Disposition without administration - (3) Any person, firm or corporation paying, delivering, or transferring property under the authorization shall be forever discharged from any liability thereon.

Disposition Without Administration is used to request the release of assets of the deceased to the person who paid funeral and/or final medical bills. If the transfer is being requested to a person who has not paid final expenses, consents allowing such a transfer must be completed to enable the transfer.