Notice Beneficiaries Being

As Executor, you should notify beneficiaries of the estate within three months after the Will has been filed in Probate Court. For beneficiaries of assets that are not included in the will (and therefore do not pass through Probate) there are no specific notification requirements.

Beneficiaries of a will must be notified after the will is accepted for probate. 3feff Moreover, probated wills are automatically placed in the public record. If the will is structured to avoid probate, there are no specific notification requirements. 4feff This is relatively rare.

Most Trusts take 12 months to 18 months to settle and distribute assets to the beneficiaries and heirs.

The person named as the Executor in the Will (or the Administrator if there is no Will) is responsible for contacting all of the Beneficiaries. This person should promptly notify everyone who has an interest in the Estate, advising what their entitlement is, to avoid any confusion later on in the process.

All taxes and liabilities paid from the estate, including medical expenses, attorney fees, burial or cremation expenses, estate sale costs, appraisal expenses, and more. The executor should keep all receipts for any services or transactions needed to liquidate the assets of the deceased.

The trustee must keep the qualified beneficiaries of the trust reasonably informed of the status of the trust and the trust administration. The first rule the statutes state is that within 60 days after acceptance of the trust, the trustee shall give notice to the qualified beneficiaries of the acceptance of the trust.

While an executor is obligated to notify beneficiaries and then move things along at a reasonable pace, he or she isn't required to distribute inheritances at the time of notification. In fact, beneficiaries might not receive anything until several months after they've been notified of their place in the will.

In the state of Florida, you can generally contest a will any time before the probate process is complete. Once the will has been submitted to the court, you have 3 months from the time you receive notice of this to contest it. If the will has not been submitted to the court yet, you can challenge it at any time.