Legal Opinion

Tillman v. Clibbon

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 24, 1998No. 97-1744PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

KLEIN, Judge.

Approximately ten months after the personal representative of decedent’s estate under a 1993 will had been discharged, appellants filed a petition to reopen the estate, alleging fraud and mistake. The trial court entered a summary judgment denying the petition, and we affirm.

Appellants, Michigan residents, allege that the decedent executed a prior will in 1984 which named them beneficiaries, that the decedent executed the 1993 will a few days after entering a nursing home, and that he died twenty-two months thereafter. They also allege that the personal representative under the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Biscayne Kennel Club v. Board of Business RegulationSupreme Court of Florida · 1973
  2. In Re: Estate of J.B. JeffriesSupreme Court of Florida · 1938
  3. In Re Estate of BeemanDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980
  4. Payette v. ClarkDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1990
  5. Arrieta-Gimenez v. Arrieta-NegronSupreme Court of Florida · 1989

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. In Re Estate of ClibbonDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998

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