IN RE ESTATE OF LAFLIN

No. 75315.

569 So.2d 1273 (1990)

In re ESTATE OF Adele M. LAFLIN. FIRST FIDELITY BANK, N.A., NEW JERSEY, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH DISTRICT, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

November 15, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth T. Maass and Robb R. Maass of Alley, Maass, Rogers & Lindsay, P.A., Palm Beach, and Abraham M. Mora of Blank, Rome, Comisky & McCauley, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Arthur C. Wallberg, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent.


GRIMES, Justice.

First Fidelity Bank, N.A., New Jersey, petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus to be issued to the District Court of Appeal, Fourth District. We have jurisdiction under article V, section 3(b)(8) of the Florida Constitution.

Adele M. Laflin named First Fidelity Bank as a testamentary trustee in her will. Following her death, her personal representative petitioned the probate court for instructions on whether First Fidelity, as an out-of...

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