IN RE McCOLLAM

No. 79495.

612 So.2d 572 (1993)

In re Paula L. McCOLLAM, Debtor. Thomas E. LeCroy, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Paul L. McCOLLAM, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

January 28, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore A. Jewell of Stearns, Weaver, Miller, Weissler, Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A., Miami, for plaintiff-appellant.

Leslie G. Cloyd of Ackerman, Bakst, Lauer & Scherer, P.A., and Larry Klein and Jane Kreusler-Walsh of Klein & Walsh, P.A., West Palm Beach, for defendant-appellee.

Andrea A. Ruff, pro se, of Andrea A. Ruff, P.A., and Valerie W. Evans, Co-Counsel, Orlando, amicus curiae.

Norman L. Hull, pro se, of Russell & Hull, Orlando, amicus curiae.


HARDING, Justice.

We have for review In re McCollam, 955 F.2d 678 (11th Cir.1992), in which the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit certified the following question of law:

WHETHER, AS A MATTER OF LAW, AN ANNUITY CONTRACT WHICH IS ESTABLISHED IN LIEU OF A CREDITOR PAYING A DEBTOR A LUMP SUM PRESENTLY OWED IS EXEMPT FROM CREDITOR CLAIMS IN BANKRUPTCY UNDER FLA. STAT. § 222.14.

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