The family thought probate was over. The house had been sold, the checks distributed, the case closed. Then a letter arrived from a bank nobody had heard of, holding $180,000 nobody knew existed. In Florida, forgotten assets are more common than you think, and reopening a closed estate is never cheap or quick.
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