CUEVAS v. KELLY

No. 2D03-110.

873 So.2d 367 (2004)

Sarah CUEVAS, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Alvarado Kelly, deceased, Appellant, v. William R. KELLY, Sr., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied May 4, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry F. Spivey of Ruden, McClosky, Smith, Schuster & Russell, P.A., Sarasota, for Appellant.

George F. Wilsey of Fisher & Wilsey, P.A., St. Petersburg, for Appellee.


DAVIS, Judge.

In this probate matter, Sarah Cuevas challenges the trial court's order granting the motion for summary judgment filed by the decedent's brother, William R. Kelly, Sr., and issuing letters of intestate administration. Because the trial court failed to give the required full faith and credit to a prior Mississippi judgment, we reverse.

On December 2, 1960, the County Court of Hillsborough County, Florida, adjudicated Alvarado Kelly, the decedent...

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