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WILLIAMS v. ESTATE OF PENDER

No. 98-3023.

738 So.2d 453 (1999)

Roberta WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. The ESTATE OF Nero PENDER, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

July 27, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott A. Snavely of Bajorczky & Fournier, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Harold M. Knowles of Knowles, Marks & Randolph, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

LAWRENCE, J.

Roberta Williams appeals an order determining, by the preponderance of the evidence, that Thelma J. Pender Washington and Mary Elizabeth Pender Rea were equitably adopted by Nero Pender. We reverse and remand because the trial court used an incorrect standard of proof in adjudicating the case.

Thelma J. Pender Washington and Mary Elizabeth Pender Rea (grandnieces) are grandnieces of the late Nero Pender (Pender). Pender died intestate. The grandnieces...

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