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Wills and trusts
show · educate · routeInstruments with their own execution formalities — and, for lost wills, their own probate rule.
What this type commonly supports
- Testamentary intent and disposition
- Execution and revocation questions
How the gates bear on it
The probate lane
Will proof runs on the Probate Rules' own procedures; the lost-and-destroyed-will rule is loaded whole below.
Original contents
A lost will is the classic § 90.954 fact pattern — with the probate rule supplying the procedure.
“All originals are lost or destroyed, unless the proponent lost or destroyed them in bad faith.”
The governing units, loaded whole
- Fla. Prob. R. 5.510 — establishment of lost or destroyed will
- § 90.954, Fla. Stat. — other evidence of contents
The recurring failure modes
- Treating a copy as self-proving
- Skipping the rule's witness requirements because the copy looks clean
Software, not a law firm. This page teaches how Florida's evidence gates generally bear on this type — legal information, not legal advice, and never a prediction about your evidence. Whether a particular item clears the gates in your case is judgment work: an independent Florida attorney can review it and bill you directly. The five-gate frame lives on the Evidence Command Center.