DUTCHER v. ESTATE OF DUTCHER

No. 82-2688.

437 So.2d 788 (1983)

Stuart A. DUTCHER, Appellant, v. The ESTATE OF Loreta B. DUTCHER, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

September 16, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig C. Villanti, New Port Richey, for appellant.

W. Lowell Bray, Jr. of Allgood, McPherson, Bray & Misemer, New Port Richey, for appellee.


RYDER, Judge.

Stuart Dutcher, the only child of Loreta B. Dutcher, appeals from an order holding that his children (Loreta Dutcher's grandchildren) are the principal beneficiaries of the decedent's estate. We reverse.

This case provides yet another example of the difficulties which might arise when a testatrix seeks to dispose of her property by way of a do-it-yourself will. In the accurate words of the trial court...

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