{"id":136,"date":"2014-08-07T14:00:09","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T14:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.delandattorneys.com\/?p=136"},"modified":"2026-01-28T08:30:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T13:30:32","slug":"can-anyone-be-a-personal-representative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delandattorneys.com\/blog\/can-anyone-be-a-personal-representative\/","title":{"rendered":"Can anyone be a Personal Representative?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In order to qualify as a personal representative, an individual must be a resident of Florida, or a sibling, spouse, parent, child, or other close relative of the decedent. If the individual is not a Florida resident, and is not closely related to the decedent, he or she cannot serve as a personal representative<\/a>. Any trust company that is incorporated under Florida law, or a bank that is qualified to exercise fiduciary powers in Florida, can serve as a personal representative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In order to qualify as a personal representative, an individual must be a resident of Florida, or a sibling, spouse, parent, child, or other close relative of the decedent. If the individual is not a Florida resident, and is not closely related to the decedent, he or she cannot serve as a personal representative. Any […]<\/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":[8],"class_list":["post-136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-what-is","tag-personal-representative"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t