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1 verbatim requirement extracted from judge-sherwood-bauer-jr__Opening-a-Formal-Administration-Checklist-SB.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 Sherwood Bauer, Circuit Judge Updated: January 2026 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. Value of t he 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 ProbateMC@circuit19.org. Attorney Signature (no e-signatures): _________________________________________________ Printed Name: _________________________________________________ Date: _________________________________________________ Additional information or comments:
Checklist for Opening a Formal Administration Sherwood Bauer, Circuit Judge Updated: January 2026 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. Value of t he 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 Dat
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