KLEIN v. ESTATE OF KLEIN

No. 4D19-571.

295 So.3d 793 (2020)

Alyssabeth KLEIN, Russell Klein and Travis Klein, Appellants, v. ESTATE OF Eleanor H. KLEIN, Kenneth D. Klein, Sydria K. Schaffer, and Christopher B. Hopkins, as Curator of the Estate of Eleanor H. Klein, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 29, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian M. O'Connell , Ashley Crispin Ackal , Joielle "Joy"Foglietta Craig and Clara Crabtree Ciadella , of O'Connell & Crispin Ackal, PLLC, Palm Beach, for appellants.

Laura Bourne Burkhalter of Laura Bourne Burkhalter, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for Appellee Kenneth D. Klein.

Kristen M. Fiore of Akerman LLP, Tallahassee, and Erin M. Maddocks of Akerman LLP, West Palm Beach, for Appellee Sydria K. Schaffer.

Christopher B. Hopkins and Mary F. April of McDonald Hopkins LLC, West Palm Beach for Appellee Christopher B. Hopkins.


The old adage "you can't change the rules in the middle of the game" accurately sets the scene in a series of hearings conducted before the probate court giving rise to this appeal. Alyssabeth Klein, Russell Klein, and Travis Klein ("the Grandchildren") appeal a final probate order that allocated all of the...

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