In Florida, the cost of probate runs about six percent. That is a good rule of thumb. It's three percent fees and cost and it's three percent for a personal representative's fee, together it's about six percent. 

                    

Now, Florida is one of the high dollar probate States, in other words, it cost a lot of money to settle your estate in Florida after you pass away. 

                    

When we have clients who have assets that will create a very high costly probate, then we encourage them to use a revocable trust as their main estate planning document instead of using a last will and testament. When you use a revocable trust, you're naming a trustee after your date of death and you are giving them the authority ahead of time to transfer those assets without a court order.