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IN RE ESTATE OF JEFFRESS

No. 73-699.

301 So.2d 25 (1974)

In re the ESTATE OF Nelle Moore JEFFRESS. Robert O. JEFFRESS, Appellant, v. Honorable Harry C. PARHAM, Circuit Court Judge for the Twelfth Judicial Circuit in and for Manatee County, Florida, Probate Division, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

October 4, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Helm Spalding of Hockett, Silver, Clark, Lewis, Spalding & Levkoff, Sarasota, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Baya Harrison III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

Richard C. McFarlain, Tallahassee, and Leonard Rivkind, Miami Beach, for the Florida Bar, amicus curiae.

Robert J. Boylston and David K. Deitrich, Bradenton, for The Manatee County Bar Assn., Inc., amicus curiae.

I.W. Whitesell, Jr. of Wood, Scheb, Whitesell & Warren, Sarasota, for The Sarasota County Bar Assn., Inc., amicus curiae.

BOARDMAN, Acting Chief Judge.

The appellant, Robert O. Jeffress, sought to submit to probate the last will and testament of his deceased wife. Jeffress is named as executor in his wife's will and he sought to proceed in this matter without the aid and assistance of counsel. The probate court refused to allow the probate of this estate unless Jeffress retained legal counsel. This timely appeal followed.

The question this appeal poses for our consideration is...

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