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KARASEK v. WILLIAM J. LAMPING TRUST

No. 4D04-2803.

909 So.2d 552 (2005)

Caroline Lamping KARASEK, Appellant, v. WILLIAM J. LAMPING TRUST, et al., and Margaret Ann Durham, as trustee, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 31, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. George, Jennifer J. Robinson and Carrie S. Robinson of Ruden, McClosky, Smith, Schuster & Russell, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Peter B. Tiernan, Margate, for appellee William J. Lamping Trust.

Douglas F. Hoffman of Rudolf & Hoffman, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellee Margaret Ann Durham.

KLEIN, J.

The decedent executed a testamentary trust in 1967 which provided that, if certain events occurred, the proceeds of the trust would go to his deceased children's heirs at law. This provision became effective in 2003 when decedent's wife died; however, in the interim the statutory definition of heirs at law changed. We conclude that the trust property should be distributed to the heirs as defined in 1967.

In 1967, decedent, William J. Lamping, Sr...

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