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IN RE ESTATE OF PARKER

No. 77-2293.

369 So.2d 1034 (1979)

In re ESTATE of Ruth W. PARKER, Deceased.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 25, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edna L. Caruso, William A. Johnson of Johnson, Ackerman & Bakst, P.A., West Palm Beach, and Richard C. Sorgini, Lake Worth, for appellant.

Larry Klein, West Palm Beach, and Day, Williamson, Grantham, Hess & Deason, Lake Worth, for appellee.

LETTS, Judge.

In this case the appellant estate petitioned to establish a lost or destroyed will by way of an alleged "correct copy" plus the testimony of the personal representative. The court below denied the petition. We reverse.

There is a dearth of Florida law as to what constitutes a "correct copy." The problem here presented concerns Chapter 733.207(3) of the Florida Statutes (1977) which provides:

No lost or destroyed will shall be admitted...

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