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IN RE ESTATE OF SCOTT

No. 87-3274.

537 So.2d 700 (1989)

In re ESTATE OF James SCOTT, Deceased.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 1, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theota McClaine, Jr., of William N. Hutchinson, Jr., P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant-Willie Mae Scott, surviving spouse.

Michael T. Harris of Michael T. Harris, P.A., North Lauderdale, for appellee-Eva McLeod, personal representative.

PER CURIAM.

We find the attorneys' fees awarded in this matter to be legally inappropriate and reverse. The trial court did not find that there was a complete absence of justiciable issues of law or fact in this case and therefore the fee award was unwarranted under section 57.105, Florida Statutes (1987). We note in passing that the issues raised by appellant in the trial court were not without merit and therefore a fee award may not be grounded on section 57.105...

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