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Palm Beach County probate help.

We serve Palm Beach County (including West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Delray Beach, and surrounding areas) under the 15th Judicial Circuit, with the county seat in West Palm Beach. Probate, estate planning, and trust administration — all on flat fees, all remote-friendly.

Palm Beach County is Florida's third-most populous county with about 1.49 million residents, spanning the Atlantic coast all the way to the Everglades. It is the sole county of the 15th Judicial Circuit and the largest population center on the Gold Coast.
— A probate attorney near you

Looking for a probate or estate planning attorney near you in Palm Beach County?

We serve all of Palm Beach County — West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Boynton Beach, and the surrounding communities — with flat-fee probate, estate planning, wills, and trusts. Most of it happens by phone, email, and e-signature, so “near me” really means wherever you are in Palm Beach County.New-client intake is closed until late October 2026; the Palm Beach County filing details on this page stay free to use.

— At a glance

Where you'll go. What you'll need.

The courthouse
Palm Beach County Main Courthouse
Address205 N Dixie Hwy, West Palm Beach, FL 33401Phone(561) 355-2996HoursMonday–Friday, 8:00am – 4:00pm

Main probate division is downtown. South County branch (200 W Atlantic Ave, Delray Beach) and North County branch (3188 PGA Blvd, Palm Beach Gardens) accept some filings. E-filing via myflcourtaccess.com.

Death certificates
FL Department of Health in Palm Beach · Vital Statistics
Address800 Clematis St, West Palm Beach, FL 33401Phone(561) 671-4060HoursMonday–Friday, 8:00am – 4:30pm
Cost · Local DOH fees vary — call ahead. Order 8–12 certified copies for an estate.

Order 8–12 certified copies — banks, title companies, the IRS, and the court each need their own. Ordering more upfront saves trips back later.

— Local notes

Probate in Palm Beach County, as we see it.

Palm Beach is a single-county circuit — the 15th Judicial Circuit covers Palm Beach alone, with a dedicated probate division that publishes its own forms and procedures. Probate filings go to the main downtown courthouse on N. Dixie Highway in West Palm Beach. Two branches — South County in Delray Beach and North County in Palm Beach Gardens — accept some filings, but cases are centrally managed.

The caseload here is extraordinarily varied. Snowbird ancillary administration is constant — out-of-state decedents who owned Palm Beach condos or homes is everyday work. Town of Palm Beach ultra-high-net-worth estates frequently involve trusts, art, philanthropy, and Florida-homestead-vs-domicile disputes. Wellington equestrian estates add unusual asset classes — horses, easements, equestrian leases — to inventories. And Boca, Boynton, and Delray drive a steady flow of standard residential probate.

Three clerk filing locations and a high case volume make Palm Beach probate one of the more procedurally formal venues in Florida. We file remotely; e-filing through myflcourtaccess.com is the standard path.

— What's different about probate here

Local quirks worth knowing.

  • 15th Judicial Circuit (Palm Beach only). Dedicated probate division with its own published procedures and forms.
  • Heavy snowbird ancillary administration. Out-of-state decedents owning PB condos/homes is daily work — coordination with NY, NJ, MA, IL home-state attorneys is constant.
  • Town of Palm Beach ultra-high-net-worth estates. Trusts, art, philanthropy, and FL homestead vs. domicile disputes are routine.
  • Wellington equestrian estates. Horses, easements, equestrian leases, training facility interests show up in estate inventories — unusual asset classes.
  • Three clerk filing locations. Main (West Palm), South County (Delray), North County (Palm Beach Gardens). Cases centrally managed.
— Cities & neighborhoods

Local where you live — Palm Beach County, top to bottom.

West Palm Beach
County seat (~127K). Financial/legal core north of Lake Worth; main courthouse here.
Boca Raton
Affluent south-county city (~101K); FAU, large gated communities, heavy retiree/snowbird base.
Delray Beach
Walkable downtown along Atlantic Ave; high concentration of seasonal residents. South County clerk branch here.
Boynton Beach
Third-largest city (~83K); mix of older neighborhoods and 55+ communities.
Palm Beach Gardens
Affluent north-county; PGA National. North County clerk branch here.
Jupiter
North coastal town; expanding hospital and biotech corridor.
Wellington
Equestrian capital of FL — Winter Equestrian Festival; high-net-worth horse properties.
Town of Palm Beach
Barrier island; ultra-high-net-worth seasonal residents (Mar-a-Lago). Trust admin and federal estate tax routine.
— Other helpful local contacts

Save these to your phone.

Palm Beach County Property Appraiser
Address301 N Olive Ave, Suite 2301, West Palm Beach, FL 33401Phone(561) 355-2866

Homestead, Save Our Homes, high-value Palm Beach Island and Wellington valuations

Palm Beach County Tax Collector
Address301 N Olive Ave, 3rd Floor, West Palm Beach, FL 33401Phone(561) 355-2264

Vehicle title transfers, property tax, business tax receipts

Palm Beach County Bar Association

Lawyer referral; large active bar with probate, trust, and estates section

Florida Unclaimed Property

Search forgotten accounts in the deceased's name

Jupiter Medical Center — Records

North-county hospital — records release for estate claims

Florida Bar — Probate FAQ

Public-facing reference for Florida probate basics

— Take this with you

One-tap kit for Palm Beach County probate.

Save Palm Beach probate contacts to your phone (.vcf)
.vcf

Adds the firm + courthouse + vital records + property appraiser + tax collector to your phone contacts in one tap.

Download
Palm Beach probate quick-reference (PDF kit)
Coming soon

Single-page printable cheatsheet — courthouse address, hours, where to get death certificates, our contact, top 5 first-call resources.

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