ESTATE OF DEEM v. SHINN

No. 73-1272.

297 So.2d 611 (1974)

In re the ESTATE OF Frank C. DEEM, Deceased, Appellant, v. Cynthia Deem SHINN and Sharon Deem Fallon, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

July 12, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric R. Jones of Hedman & Cossaboom, Melbourne, for appellant.

Hubert C. Normile, Jr., of Nelson & Normile, Melbourne, for appellees.


WALDEN, Judge.

This is a homestead problem. Was Frank C. Deem the head of a family at the time of his death? If the answer is "yes", the decedent's real estate is homestead and descends to lineal descendants, per F.S. 731.27, F.S.A., Laws of 1971,1 and Florida Constitution, Article X, § 4(c), F.S.A.2 His lineal descendants are his minor daughter, Sharon,

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