HCA GULF COAST HOSPITAL v. ESTATE OF DOWNING

No. 90-2830.

594 So.2d 774 (1991)

HCA GULF COAST HOSPITAL, Appellant, v. ESTATE OF Phyllis E. DOWNING, Deceased, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied April 2, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey P. Whitton, Panama City, for appellant.

Jacalyn N. Kolk, Panama City, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The question presented in this case is whether an heir possessed of an equitable or beneficial interest in real property by operation of a spendthrift trust may receive the benefit of the homestead exemption from forced sale as though the property had passed directly to the heir by devise or intestacy? The trial court answered the question in the affirmative. We agree, and affirm.

Phyllis Downing passed away testate on July 1, 1990. In her will...

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