IN RE ESTATE OF BUTLER

No. 83-849.

444 So.2d 477 (1984)

In re ESTATE OF Nathaniel BUTLER, Jr., Deceased.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied February 1, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin Rule of the Law Offices of Russell D. Thomas, Sarasota, for appellant Georgia Mae Butler.

Thomas W. Bell of Bell & Bell, Sarasota, for appellee Rosa Belle Butler.


LEHAN, Judge.

Georgia Mae Butler appeals from a judgment denying her petition for administration of the estate of Nathaniel Butler, Jr. The issue is whether the trial court correctly applied the doctrine of estoppel to prevent Georgia Mae Butler from asserting her rights as a widow of the deceased. We affirm.

The decedent and Georgia Mae were married in 1946. They lived together for a short time and then separated in 1947. Although the marriage was never legally...

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