IN RE ESTATE OF HOWARD

No. 87-1090.

542 So.2d 395 (1989)

In re ESTATE OF William A. HOWARD, Deceased. Peggy Mixon HOWARD, Appellant, v. Thomas M. BAUMER, Personal Representative of the Estate of William A. Howard, Deceased, William G. Howard, Barbara Howard Highsmith, Brenda Howard Wilbanks and Tala Howard Reynolds, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

April 7, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel S. Perwin of Podhurst, Orseck, Parks, Josefberg, Eaton, Meadow & Olin, P.A., Miami, and Robert J. Beckham of Beckham, McAliley & Schulz, P.A., Jacksonville, for appellant.

Dana G. Bradford II of Gallagher, Baumer, Mikals, Bradford, Cannon & Walters, P.A., Jacksonville, for appellee, Thomas M. Baumer.

Aaron K. Bowden and Walter G. Arnold of Arnold & Stratford, P.A., Jacksonville, for appellees William G. Howard, Barbara Howard Highsmith, Brenda Howard Wilbanks and Tala Howard Reynolds.


NIMMONS, Judge.

The sole issue presented for our review on this appeal is whether the probate court erred in striking appellant's demand for a jury trial in a probate adversary proceeding arising out of a petition to determine beneficiaries which sought to disqualify a murdering spouse under Section 732.802, Florida Statutes (1985). We affirm.

In November 1985, William A. Howard was murdered. His wife, appellant Peggy Mixon Howard, was indicted for his murder...

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