Personal Representative Lawyer St. Petersburg
Appointed personal representative of a Florida estate? We can guide you.
Speak Directly With Matt Weidner Today for a free same-day look at your duties and an action plan
- Talk it through with Matt, a Florida lawyer for 25+ years
- Learn what Florida law expects of a personal representative
- Map out your deadlines for the inventory, creditor notices and claims
- Spot steps that could expose you to personal liability
- Plan how to keep beneficiaries informed and answer their questions
- 100% free, with no pressure and no commitment needed
Free reviews are offered at our discretion and are not guaranteed, and a personal review by Matt Weidner, including same-day timing, is subject to case type and availability.
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Why Choose Us?
Once the court issues your letters, you are acting for the estate, and Florida law holds a personal representative to the same standard of care as a trustee. Many people step into the role while grieving, often with a family home, bank accounts and relatives waiting on them. Matt Weidner, a St. Petersburg lawyer licensed in Florida since 1999, counts probate among the areas he focuses on, and he helps you get the early steps right before small mistakes turn into a beneficiary’s complaint.
As your lawyer, we help you understand each duty before it comes due, keep beneficiaries informed, and document what you do with estate property so your accounting can stand up to questions. Matt often works with clients directly, so you deal with an experienced lawyer, not a junior staff member, and you get straight answers about what to do next and why.
Book your free evaluation and talk through your role with Matt.
How It Works
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get your free same-day evaluation and action plan
Submit the form above or give us a call to get started. People find our free evaluations and action plans extremely valuable.
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discuss your options With Matt so you know exactly how to proceed
Matt will go over all of your options with you so that you know exactly what to do. No more confusion!
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Get More Personal Representative Help If Needed
After your evaluation, our experienced team can stay on as your lawyers for the rest of the administration, from filing the inventory to your final discharge.
Free evaluations and action plans are offered at our discretion, depend on case type and availability, and are not guaranteed, including a personal review by Matt Weidner. Submitting a form or contacting the firm does not create an attorney-client relationship or guarantee any outcome.
Meet Matt Weidner and the Weidner Law Team
Matt Weidner has been licensed to practice law in Florida since 1999 and is admitted to all Florida state courts, the federal Middle and Northern Districts of Florida and the 11th Circuit. From our St. Petersburg office, he advises personal representatives on probate alongside his estate planning and general litigation work. His general litigation work sits alongside his probate practice, which helps when a beneficiary challenges how an estate is being run. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Litigation – Real Estate.
Associate attorney Jason M. Kral works alongside Matt, bringing experience in estate planning, real estate litigation and complex civil litigation. The Weidner Law team helps personal representatives across St. Petersburg and Pinellas County with the estate property, court filings and beneficiary questions that come with the role.
Our Personal Representative Services
From the day the court appoints you to the day it discharges you, we help you meet each duty Florida law places on a personal representative in St. Petersburg, so the estate is protected and so are you.
- Petitions and letters of administration
- Estate inventories and accountings
- Creditor notices and claims
- Beneficiary communication and disputes
- Estate property sales and transfers
- Final distribution and discharge
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Who we Help
We represent people serving as personal representative of a Florida estate, whether a will named them or the court chose them because there was no will. Some are just getting started, some are partway through, and some are facing questions they did not expect.
- Newly appointed personal representatives
- Relatives appointed without a will
- Co-representatives sharing the role
- Representatives facing beneficiary objections
- Representatives worried about personal liability
- Out-of-town representatives of Pinellas estates
Frequently Asked Questions
In most cases, yes. Florida Probate Rule 5.030 requires a personal representative to be represented by a Florida attorney unless the personal representative is the sole interested person in the estate. Call us and we can talk through how that applies to you.
It can happen. Under Florida law, a personal representative is liable to interested persons for losses caused by a breach of fiduciary duty. Talking with a lawyer before you sell, pay or distribute anything helps you understand your duties first.
You respond, and if it is not resolved, the court rules on it. Under Florida’s probate rules, an interested person generally has 30 days after being served with the final accounting or petition for discharge to object. If an objection comes in, call us so we can review it with you and plan your response.
Yes. The first evaluation and action plan are free, offered at our discretion, with no commitment. It is a chance to talk through your duties, often with Matt himself, and decide whether you want ongoing help.
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Why personal representatives work with Weidner Law
Weidner Law represents personal representatives, the fiduciaries Florida courts appoint to administer an estate, and helps them meet the duties that come with the role, including loyalty, impartiality among beneficiaries and careful recordkeeping, with each one understood and documented from the start. Matt Weidner brings over 25 years of Florida practice to the role, with probate, estate planning and general litigation among the services he provides, and he often works with clients directly.
That experience shows up in the day-to-day work of an administration: filing the verified inventory within 60 days after letters issue, publishing and serving the notice to creditors, reviewing claims before the objection deadline, keeping estate property separate from your own, and building the records your final accounting will rest on. When a beneficiary asks what happened to an account or why a house sold for the price it did, our aim is for you to have the answer in writing.
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A St. Petersburg personal representative lawyer for Pinellas County estates
Weidner Law’s office is at 856 2nd Ave N in St. Petersburg, and Matt Weidner practices in the state and federal courts of Florida. Probate cases in Pinellas County are heard in the Sixth Judicial Circuit, which serves Pinellas and Pasco counties, and the Pinellas County Clerk’s probate records office is at the Clearwater Courthouse on Court Street, while the Clerk’s St. Petersburg branch on First Avenue North is a few blocks from our office.
For a personal representative living in St. Petersburg, Gulfport, Pinellas Park or elsewhere in the county, that means a lawyer close to home. For a personal representative who lives out of town and is now responsible for a parent’s condo or house here, it means a St. Petersburg lawyer who can keep the local side of the administration on track.
How Weidner Law protects personal representatives when beneficiaries push back
Disagreements over an estate often land on the personal representative. A beneficiary questions a sale, demands information, objects to the final accounting or asks the court to remove the personal representative. Florida law lists grounds for removal that include failing to account for the sale of property or to produce estate assets when required, and wasting or maladministration of the estate, so how you respond matters.
That is where Matt Weidner’s litigation practice matters: personal representatives get a lawyer who is comfortable in a contested courtroom. We help you answer requests with documents rather than arguments, respond to objections within the deadlines the rules set, and, when a dispute reaches a judge, present a clear record of what you did and why.
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