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CRAIN v. PUTNAM

No. 95-4289.

687 So.2d 1325 (1997)

Robert CRAIN, Appellant, v. Douglas PUTNAM, as Property Appraiser, Dorothy J. Conrad, as Tax Collector and Lawrence Fuchs, as Executive Director of the Department of Revenue, State of Florida, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied March 14, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Ray of Messer & Ray, Port St. Lucie, for appellant.

B. Jordan Stuart of Wood & Stuart, P.A., DeLand, for appellees.

KLEIN, Judge.

The St. Lucie County property appraiser denied a homestead exemption in 1994 for the reason that the owner, an elderly woman, had not lived in her home since 1992, when she was placed in a nursing home in a vegetative state. We conclude that she was still entitled to the exemption.

Vivian Crain suffered extensive brain damage as a result of an illness in 1992, and after being hospitalized for a short time, was placed in a nursing home where she...

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