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Need to correct a Florida death certificate?
Correcting a Florida Death Certificate is relatively easy…
except when it’s not.
Correcting a Florida Death Certificate is relatively easy…Typically, a Florida death certificate can be corrected through Florida Vital Statistics by filing an Application for Amendment to Florida Death Record (DH Form 524) along with an Affidavit of Amendment to Certificate of Death (DH Form 433) or an Affidavit of Amendment to Medical Certification of Death (DH Form 434).
These documents (along with additional evidence in some cases) are sufficient to alter:
- Name of Deceased
- Date of Birth
- Citizenship from Alien to United States Citizen
- Names of Parents
- Cause of Death
- Date and/or Place Of Death
- A Misspelling or an Omission of the Surviving Spouse
Sometimes suing the Florida Department of Health is the only way to correct a Death Certificate in Florida
Unfortunately, if a death certificate improperly lists an individual as unmarried, divorced, or widowed or lists a person who was not, in fact, married to the deceased; these forms are insufficient to modify the death certificate. These errors regarding the surviving spouse or marital status can be accidental or intentional, but they can delay or prevent the payment of insurance claims or survivorship benefits.
In these situations, no matter how they happened or who is at fault, there is only one way to modify your loved one’s death record—you must sue the Florida Department of Health.
After working with families for over a decade correcting erroneous death certificates, we believe that we have streamlined the process to assist our clients in correcting these mistakes as quickly as possible.
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