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STATE, DEPT. OF HEALTH v. TRAMMELL

No. BQ-314.

508 So.2d 422 (1987)

STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellant, v. Bessie TRAMMELL, Personal Representative of the Estate of Lee Warren, Deceased, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied June 23, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donna Harkness, Dept. of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Pensacola, for appellant.

Ferrin C. Campbell, Sr., Crestview, for appellee.

ERVIN, Judge.

The Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) appeals an order of the circuit court holding that a non-heir of a decedent was entitled to homestead protection under the Florida Constitution. We reverse.

Lee Warren, unmarried and apparently without any other surviving heirs, died January 11, 1985, devising his entire estate to his "good friend," Bessie Trammell. The only asset in the estate is a house and lot valued at approximately...

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