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For property that did not have a beneficiary designation or was not in a living trust, there may be "simplified probate" procedures or "small estate affidavit" procedures in Florida for transferring certain kinds of property at death, which can avoid the cost and time of a full-blown court-supervised probate proceeding.
Florida, like most states, does not impose an estate or inheritance tax. Only a few states do.
Although the federal bankruptcy code provides a list of exemptions, these exemptions are not available in Florida. Florida law requires you to use the exemptions found in state law -- not the U.S. bankruptcy code.
In Florida, you can receive unemployment benefits for a maximum of 26 weeks under state law.
The minimum wage in Florida is the same as the federal minimum wage: $7.25 an hour.
The minimum wage in Orange County is $7.25, the state minimum wage. Florida law prohibits city and county governments from adopting a local minimum wage that's higher than the state minimum wage.
In Florida, your employer may pay you a minimum wage of $2.13 an hour, as long as you earn enough in tips to bring your total hourly pay up to the full minimum wage, $7.25 an hour. If you don’t earn enough in tips to bring your compensation to the full minimum wage, your employer must make up the difference.