This means the county where the Decedent lived and considered their primary home address before they died. Download and complete the Declaration Of Domicile Florida (PDF) form.Domicile refers to the place you call home permanently. Your domicile is important for legal purposes such as paying taxes, voting, and claiming benefits. "Residence" the word residence means domicile (and the word resident means domiciliary). Traditionally, establishing a new domicile is easy. Wherever you consider home, the place you intend to indefinitely stay, is your domicile. Basically the terms "domicile" and "legal residence" refer to the same place – the state you consider your permanent home. Probate is the process of proving that the Will is valid (legally acceptable). During probate, the Will must be proved to the satisfaction of the Court.