IN RE ESTATE OF DONOVAN

No. 88-02722.

550 So.2d 37 (1989)

In re ESTATE OF Ralph DONOVAN, Deceased. Helen DONOVAN, As Personal Representative and Individually, Appellant, v. Margo M. HENDRICKSON, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

August 16, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven G. Nilsson, Clearwater, for appellant.

Denise L. McCain of Greene & Mastry, P.A., St. Petersburg, for appellee.


SCHEB, Acting Chief Judge.

Helen Donovan, individually and as personal representative of her late husband's estate, challenges the trial court's order holding that her husband, the late Ralph Donovan, did not properly devise his homestead to her, as surviving spouse. Accordingly, the trial court held that she has only a life estate in the homestead. We reverse.

On June 13, 1986, Mr. Donovan executed a revocable inter vivos trust "to provide a means for the...

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