IN RE ESTATE OF STERILE

No. 2D04-1251.

902 So.2d 915 (2005)

In re ESTATE OF Jean M. STERILE. Melissa Pierre, a/k/a Melissa Pierre Sterile, a/k/a Sodnie Duverge, Appellant, v. Yvette M. Trelles, as Guardian ad Litem for Samuel Sterile and Lucner Sterile, minors, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

June 3, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy W. Gregoire and Elizabeth E. Daugherty of Bunnell, Woulfe, Kirschbaum, Keller, McIntyre & Gregoire, P.A., Fort Lauderdale; and Robert P. Di Stefano of Robert P. Di Stefano, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for Appellant.

Yvette M. Trelles of Trelles Law Group, P.A., West Palm Beach, for Appellee.


WALLACE, Judge.

In an allocation proceeding that ensued in the probate court after the settlement of an action for the wrongful death of Jean Michelet Sterile (the Decedent), the issue to be decided was whether Melissa Pierre, a/k/a Melissa Pierre Sterile, a/k/a Sodnie Duverge (Melissa), was the Decedent's surviving spouse. The probate court rejected Melissa's claim that she was married to the Decedent at the time of his...

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