Legal Opinion
Foundation for the Developmentally Disabled, Inc. v. Step by Step Early Childhood Education & Therapy Center, Inc.
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided March 26, 2010No. 2D09-686PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WHATLEY, Judge.
The Foundation for the Developmentally Disabled, Inc. (the “Foundation”), appeals a final judgment imposing a resulting trust and a constructive trust in favor of the operator of Step By Step Early Childhood Education and Therapy Center, Inc. (“Step By Step”). At the center of this dispute are donations made during the 1980s to the Foundation by Edwin Bower through his charitable foundation, The Bower Foundation. Mr. Bower intended that his donations be used to acquire land and construct a facility to benefit preschool-aged children with disabilities who participated in a…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Persan v. Life Concepts, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1999
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