{"id":131,"date":"2014-07-10T14:56:09","date_gmt":"2014-07-10T14:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.delandattorneys.com\/?p=131"},"modified":"2026-01-28T08:40:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T13:40:40","slug":"why-is-probate-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delandattorneys.com\/blog\/why-is-probate-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is Probate Needed?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In order to pass ownership of the decedent\u2019s probate assets to the decedent\u2019s beneficiaries, probate is necessary. When the decedent leaves a valid will, it will be ineffective to pass ownership of probate assets to the decedent\u2019s beneficiaries until the will is admitted for probate in the court. Probate is still necessary to pass the decedent\u2019s probate assets to those persons who are to receive them under Florida law if the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.delandattorneys.com\/blog\/what-if-there-is-no-will\/\" title=\"What if There is No Will?\">decedent has no will<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Probate is necessary so that the decedent\u2019s financial affairs can be taken care of and closed. Any lawful debt is paid through the estate. Administration of the decedent\u2019s estate ensures that the decedent\u2019s creditors are paid if procedures are correctly followed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In order to pass ownership of the decedent\u2019s probate assets to the decedent\u2019s beneficiaries, probate is necessary. When the decedent leaves a valid will, it will be ineffective to pass ownership of probate assets to the decedent\u2019s beneficiaries until the will is admitted for probate in the court. Probate is still necessary to pass the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3],"class_list":["post-131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-what-is","tag-probate"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.delandattorneys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.delandattorneys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.delandattorneys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delandattorneys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delandattorneys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.delandattorneys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":434,"href":"https:\/\/www.delandattorneys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131\/revisions\/434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.delandattorneys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delandattorneys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delandattorneys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}