Personal Representative Removal Lawyer St. Petersburg
Personal representative mishandling the estate? We can help you act.
Speak Directly With Matt Weidner Today about removing a personal representative, with a free same-day action plan
- A conversation with Matt Weidner, who has 25+ years in Florida law
- A close look at what the personal representative has and hasn't done
- A plain explanation of the grounds Florida law allows for removal
- A review of which records and facts could support removal
- An honest view of whether removal or another step fits better
- 100% free, with no pressure and no commitment
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?
When the person in charge of a loved one’s estate stops answering questions, sells property without explaining why, or keeps pushing distributions further out, it is hard to tell whether this is ordinary delay or something worse. Florida law lets the court remove a personal representative who fails to account for the sale of estate property or to produce estate assets when required. Matt Weidner has practiced in Florida courts for over 25 years, and he can help you work out whether the facts give you grounds to act before you take a step that is hard to undo.
A removal case is built on facts, not frustration. We help you pull together what matters, such as the inventory, any accountings, and records of what has been sold or paid out, and we explain what a petition asks a Pinellas County probate judge to decide. If removal is not the right move for you, we will say so and talk through other options.
Get a free evaluation from Matt before the estate goes any further.
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 Removal Petition Help If Needed
After your evaluation, if a removal petition makes sense, Matt and our experienced team can take it from filing through the hearing.
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 in Florida since 1999 and is admitted to all Florida state courts, where probate disputes are decided. His practice includes probate and general litigation, and after the 2008 financial crisis he represented hundreds of Florida homeowners facing foreclosure, work the Tampa Bay Times covered. That courtroom background matters when a personal representative will not cooperate, because removal is a contested proceeding built on a record the judge can rely on. Matt often works with clients directly, so you get the chance to work with an experienced lawyer yourself.
Associate attorney Jason M. Kral works alongside Matt, and his practice includes complex civil litigation and estate planning. Together, the Weidner Law team keeps the documents, deadlines, and filings in a removal case organized so you know where things stand.
Our Personal Representative Removal Services
Removing a personal representative is one part of a larger probate picture. Our services cover each piece of it, from the first petition to the accounting a removed representative owes and the appointment of a successor to finish the administration.
- Petitions to remove representatives
- Defending against removal petitions
- Compelling estate accountings
- Breach of fiduciary duty claims
- Successor representative appointments
- Removal hearings in Pinellas probate court
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Who we Help
We help beneficiaries and heirs who are watching an estate stall, shrink, or go quiet, and personal representatives who have been served with a petition to remove them. If one of the situations below sounds like yours, we can help you decide what to do next.
- Beneficiaries kept in the dark
- Heirs facing long, unexplained delays
- Families worried about missing assets
- Co-representatives who cannot agree
- Relatives seeing a conflict of interest
- Representatives served with removal petitions
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. Under section 733.504 of the Florida Statutes, a court can remove a personal representative for reasons that include wasting or mismanaging the estate, failing to comply with a court order, a felony conviction, or a conflict of interest that interferes with administering the estate. Matt can review your facts with you in a free evaluation.
Any interested person, such as a beneficiary, can petition for removal, and the court can also act on its own. The petition has to state the facts behind the request, so it helps to gather records early. We can tell you what you have and what may be missing.
The court revokes their letters and appoints a successor personal representative, or a curator until one is named. The removed representative must file an accounting and turn over estate property and records, and removal does not release them from liability for how they handled the estate. Call us to talk through what that would mean for your estate.
Start by calling us or filling out the form for a free case evaluation. You can walk through what has happened with the estate, hear your options, and decide whether a removal petition makes sense. The evaluation costs nothing and does not obligate you to hire us.
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Why Weidner Law Fits Personal Representative Removal Cases
Weidner Law brings probate knowledge and litigation experience to personal representative removal cases in St. Petersburg. Matt Weidner is listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Litigation – Real Estate, which is relevant when the estate’s main asset is a home or other property the personal representative has sold, rented out, or left sitting. He is also admitted to the federal Middle and Northern Districts of Florida and the 11th Circuit.
Weidner Law can represent you on either side of a removal dispute. Whether you want a personal representative removed or you are a personal representative answering a removal petition, Matt explains in plain terms what a Pinellas County probate judge will look for and builds your side of the case for the hearing.
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How Matt Weidner Builds a Case to Remove a Personal Representative
Matt starts with what Florida law requires of a personal representative. A personal representative is a fiduciary who must observe the standards of care that apply to trustees and settle the estate as efficiently as the estate’s interests allow. Section 733.504 of the Florida Statutes sets out the grounds for removal, and our work is to match what has actually happened in your estate to those grounds with documents, not suspicion.
That means reviewing the inventory and any accountings, tracing estate property, and identifying missed court orders or conflicts of interest. When the facts support it, we prepare a petition that states them clearly, as Florida Probate Rule 5.440 requires, and present them to the court. When the facts point to a smaller fix, such as pressing for an accounting first, we tell you that too.
Personal Representative Removal Help in St. Petersburg and Pinellas County
From our office at 856 2nd Ave N in St. Petersburg, Weidner Law helps beneficiaries, heirs, and personal representatives in estates administered in Pinellas County. Probate cases here are handled by the circuit court of Florida’s Sixth Judicial Circuit, which serves Pasco and Pinellas counties, and the Pinellas County Clerk accepts probate filings at its St. Petersburg branch at 545 First Avenue North as well as in Clearwater.
A petition to remove a personal representative is filed in the court handling the estate’s administration, which for a Pinellas County estate means the probate case already open here, so a lawyer based in St. Petersburg is working in the same county as that case. Our office is open Monday to Friday from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm and Saturday from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, so you can reach us when it fits your schedule.
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