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First and foremost, you should get a Florida lawyer to assist you in this matter. You can send the Will to the probate court in the county/circuit where your father resided and the Court will safeguard the Will for the future probate administration. You should really try to speak with your sister and get her to comply with your father's wishes by having her to begin the process of administering the Will through probate. If she refuses, then you can retain counsel and petition the Court to administer the Estate and be named the personal representative (i.e. Executor).

Assuming you are the only two heirs, and you have letters of administration issued by the court, then you will need to obtain an order from the court distributing the property to you and your sister, certified, to present to the credit union, who can then commence to refinance the property into your name with your sister granting her share to you, and paying off the old loan that was in your mother's name.

If you created it and it's revocable, you can change it. If you created it and it's irrevocable, you can change it with the consent of the beneficiaries. The trust should say whether it's revocable or irrevocable.