In Re Estate of Van Aken

281 So.2d 917 (1973)

In re ESTATE OF Douglas VAN AKEN, Deceased.

No. 72-711.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 20, 1973.

Rehearing Denied September 21, 1973.

Bailey M. Welden, St. Petersburg, and J.D. Hobbs, Jr., St. Petersburg Beach, for appellants.

Earle & Earle, St. Petersburg, for appellee.

LILES, Acting Chief Judge.

Douglas Van Aken took his life on June 12, 1971, at the age of 78 years. He was a widower, his wife of 57 years having previously died in March, 1970. At the time of his wife's death, his will provided that she was the sole beneficiary and his two daughters…