TERNER v. RAND

No. 83-1325.

442 So.2d 1038 (1983)

Jack L. TERNER, Appellant, v. Freda RAND, As Personal Representative for the Estate of Ruth C. Terner, Deceased, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied January 20, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith, Mack, Lewis & Allison and Edgar Lewis and R. Hugh Lumpkin, Miami, for appellant.

Fine, Jacobson, Block, Klein, Colan & Simon and Linda A. Wells, Miami, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HUBBART and BASKIN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a final order assessing attorney's fees and costs against a surviving spouse, which fees and costs were incurred by the personal representative of the estate in defending certain unsuccessful actions brought by the surviving spouse against the estate. We affirm this order upon a holding that the circuit court sitting in probate had the authority to assess such fees and costs against the surviving spouse herein under the authority...

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