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1 verbatim requirement extracted from judge-laurie-e-buchanan__Opening-a-Formal-Administration-Checklist-LEB.pdf, across 1 topic.
Nineteenth Judicial Circuit (Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, St. Lucie). Check the order's own effective and rescission dates before relying on it. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the order, captured 2026-07-24; whitespace normalised only. No OCR was used anywhere in this chain. PROPOSED ORDERS • Checklist for Opening a Formal Administration Laurie E. Buchanan, Circuit Judge Updated: June 2023 Estate of: _________________________________________________ Case Number: _________________________________________________ Date case was filed: _________________________________________________ 1. Proper venue of probate proceeding: Yes No 2. All beneficiaries / interested persons named in Petition: Yes No 3. Affidavit of Heirs: Yes No Not Applicable (To be submitted with all petitions for intestate estates OR upon request by the Court.) 4. Valu e of the assets contained in the Petition: Yes No To be determined Value: _________________________________________________ 5. Original Death Certificate filed with Clerk: Yes No Date Filed: ___________ 6. Original Last Will & Testament filed with Clerk: Yes No Intestate Date Filed: ___________ 7. Original Codicil(s) filed with Clerk: Yes No N/A Date Filed: ___________ 8. Is Last Will & Testament self-proven? Yes No N/A If no, please explain: ____________________________________________________________________________________ 9. Is (are) Codicil(s) self-proven? Yes No N/A If no, please explain: ____________________________________________________________________________________ 10. Personal Representative named in Petition appropriate: Yes No If no, please explain: ____________________________________________________________________________________ 11. Waiver of priority and consent to Personal Representative: Yes No N/A 12. Bond waived in Will: Yes No N/A Petition / Consent to waive bond: Yes No 13. Oath of Personal Representative & Designation of Resident Agent and Acceptance: Yes No Date Filed: ___________ 14. Is Personal Representative a Florida resident? Yes No 15. Clerk’s Notice of Administration sent to Caveator: Yes No N/A 16. Is Petition signed and verified by surviving spouse, if any, or any beneficiaries? Yes No Relationship: _______________________ I have reviewed the file and completed the Checklist in this matter. Everything on the Checklist is accounted for and proposed Orders (in Word format) are now proper to be sent to the Judge’s office with a cover letter via e-mail only to Probate@circuit19.org . Attorney Signature (no e-signatures): _________________________________________________ Printed Name: _________________________________________________ Date: _________________________________________________ Additional information or comments:
Checklist for Opening a Formal Administration Laurie E. Buchanan, Circuit Judge Updated: June 2023 Estate of: _________________________________________________ Case Number: _________________________________________________ Date case was filed: _________________________________________________ 1. Proper venue of probate proceeding: Yes No 2. All beneficiaries / interested persons named in Petition: Yes No 3. Affidavit of Heirs: Yes No Not Applicable (To be submitted with all petitions for intestate estates OR upon request by the Court.) 4. Valu e of the assets contained in the Petition: Yes No To be determined Value: _________________________________________________ 5. Original Death Certificate filed with Clerk: Yes No Date Filed: ___________ 6. Original Last Will & Testament filed with Clerk: Yes No Intestate Date Filed: ___________ 7. Original Codicil(s) filed with Clerk: Yes No N/A Da
Reviewer note: Document sha256: 89caeb24bb2058af5370621af875eae65f5b14cd854e324e97674f0256e2edb6. One rule per order rather than per topic, so an order's requirements stay together. Published during the completeness pass.
Division AO requires proposed orders to be submitted in Word format through the 15th Circuit Online Services System. Orders submitted online do not need a date or signature line.
3 verbatim requirements published by Palm Beach Division M on proposed orders & online scheduling.
When counsel is asked to prepare an order after a hearing, it must be drafted and circulated to opposing counsel within three working days and submitted to the Court within seven days of the hearing.