Lee v. Estate Payne

LaROSE, Judge.

Andrea Lee, fiancée of Randy John Payne, appeals the trial court’s order dismissing her counter-petition for administration of Mr. Payne’s Colorado holographic will.1 Ms. Lee wanted the will admitted *777to ancillary probate in Pinellas County, where Mr. Payne owned three houses. We affirm the trial court’s order but certify to the Florida Supreme Court a question of great public importance.

Mr. Payne’s will left Ms. Lee one of the Florida houses, plus $40,000 from the sale of the other two. He devised the remainder of any sale proceeds to his father. Carol Jean Hope, the estate’s…