PASSALINO v. PROTECTIVE GROUP SECURITIES

No. 4D03-4477.

886 So.2d 295 (2004)

Jeffrey PASSALINO, Appellant, v. PROTECTIVE GROUP SECURITIES, INC., Steven Grau and Stephen Molinari, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

November 10, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel E. Oates and Andrew J. Daire of Daniel E. Oates, P.A., Pompano Beach, for appellant.

Joan M. Levit of Akerman Senterfitt, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


WARNER, J.

The issue presented in this appeal is whether proceeds from the sale of property held as a tenancy by the entireties retain their character as entireties property when deposited in an attorney's trust account. We hold that the proceeds do remain entireties property and affirm the judgment of the trial court dissolving a writ of garnishment against the trust account by a creditor of one spouse.

Appellee, Stephen Molinari, was a judgment debtor of...

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