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Part I — General

5.010 Scope
5.015 General Definitions
5.020 Pleadings; Verification; Motions D
5.025 Adversary Proceedings D
5.030 Attorneys
5.040 Notice D
5.041 Service of Pleadings and Documents
5.042 Time
5.043 Deposit of Wills and Codicils D
5.050 Transfer of Proceedings
5.060 Request for Notices and Copies of Pleadings
5.065 Notice of Civil Action or Ancillary Administration
5.080 Discovery and Subpoena
5.095 General and Special Magistrates D
5.100 Right of Appeal
5.110 Address Designation for Personal Representative or Guardian; Designation of Resident Agent and Acceptance D
5.120 Administrator Ad Litem and Guardian Ad Litem D
5.122 Curators D
5.150 Order Requiring Accounting D
5.160 Production of Assets
5.170 Evidence
5.171 Evidence of Death D
5.180 Waiver and Consent

Part II — Probate

5.200 Petition for Administration
5.201 Notice of Petition for Administration
5.205 Filing Evidence of Death D
5.210 Probate of Wills Without Administration
5.215 Authenticated Copy of Will
5.216 Will Written in Foreign Language
5.230 Commission to Prove Will
5.235 Issuance of Letters, Bond
5.240 Notice of Administration D
5.241 Notice to Creditors D
5.260 Caveat; Proceedings
5.270 Revocation of Probate
5.275 Burden of Proof in Will Contests
5.310 Disqualification of Personal Representative; Notification D
5.320 Oath of Personal Representative D
5.330 Execution by Personal Representative
5.340 Inventory D
5.341 Estate Information
5.342 Inventory of Safe-deposit Box D
5.345 Accountings Other Than Personal Representatives’ Final Accountings D
5.346 Fiduciary Accounting
5.350 Continuance of Unincorporated Business or Venture
5.355 Proceedings for Review of Employment of Agents and Compensation of Personal Representatives and Estate Employees
5.360 Elective Share D
5.365 Petition for Dower
5.370 Sales of Real Property Where No Power Conferred
5.380 Compulsory Payment of Devises or Distributive Interests
5.385 Determination of Beneficiaries and Shares
5.386 Escheat D
5.395 Notice of Federal Estate Tax Return D
5.400 Distribution and Discharge D
5.401 Objections to Petition for Discharge or Final Accounting D
5.402 Notice of Lien on Protected Homestead
5.403 Proceedings to Determine Amount of Lien on Protected Homestead
5.404 Notice of Taking Possession of Protected Homestead
5.405 Proceedings to Determine Protected Homestead Status of Real Property
5.406 Proceedings to Determine Exempt Property
5.407 Proceedings to Determine Family Allowance
5.420 Disposition of Personal Property Without Administration D
5.425 Disposition Without Administration of Intestate Personal Property in Small Estates D
5.430 Resignation of Personal Representative D
5.440 Proceedings for Removal of Personal Representative D
5.460 Subsequent Administration
5.470 Ancillary Administration
5.475 Ancillary Administration, Short Form D
5.490 Form and Manner of Presenting Claim
5.496 Form and Manner of Objecting to Claim D
5.498 Personal Representative’s Proof of Claim D
5.499 Form and Manner of Objecting to Personal Representative’s Proof of Claim D
5.510 Establishment and Probate of Lost or Destroyed Will
5.530 Summary Administration D

Part III — Guardianship

5.540 Hearings
5.541 Recording of Hearings
5.550 Petition to Determine Incapacity D
5.552 Voluntary Guardianship of Property
5.555 Guardianships of Minors
5.560 Petition for Appointment of Guardian of an Incapacitated Person
5.590 Application for Appointment as Guardian; Disclosure Statement; Filing
5.600 Oath
5.610 Execution by Guardian
5.620 Inventory D
5.625 Notice of Completion of Guardian Education Requirements D
5.630 Petition for Approval of Acts
5.631 Petition for Approval by Professional Guardian for Order Not to Resuscitate or to Withhold Life-prolonging Procedures D
5.635 Petition for Extraordinary Authority
5.636 Settlement of Minors’ Claims D
5.640 Continuance of Unincorporated Business or Venture of Ward
5.645 Management of Property of Nonresident Ward by Foreign Guardian
5.646 Standby Guardians D
5.647 Surrogate Guardian
5.648 Emergency Temporary Guardian D
5.649 Guardian Advocate D
5.650 Resignation or Disqualification of Guardian; Appointment of Successor D
5.660 Proceedings for Removal of Guardian D
5.670 Termination of Guardianship on Change of Domicile of Resident Ward D
5.680 Termination of Guardianship D
5.681 Restoration of Rights of Person with Developmental Disability D
5.685 Determination Regarding Alternatives to Guardianship
5.690 Initial Guardianship Report D
5.695 Annual Guardianship Report D
5.696 Guardian Accounting
5.697 Magistrates’ Review of Guardianship Inventories, Accountings, and Plans D
5.700 Objection to Guardianship Reports
5.705 Petition for Interim Judicial Review
5.710 Reports of Public Guardian D
5.720 Court Monitor
5.725 Emergency Court Monitor D
5.800 Application of Revised Chapter 744 to Existing Guardianships
5.906 Letters of Guardian Advocacy
5.910 Inventory

Part IV — Expedited Judicial Intervention Concerning Medical Treatment

5.900 Expedited Judicial Intervention Concerning Medical Treatment Procedures D

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Part III · Guardianship

Rule 5.906. Letters of Guardian Advocacy

Amended January 1, 2026 (current)

Rule 5.906 has been abrogated.

This rule is no longer in effect.

Source: Fla. Prob. R. 5.906 (pdf p. 8)