Espriella v. Delvalle

WELLS, Judge.

Marcela Delvalle Espriella appeals from a final judgment quieting title to real property in the name of her brother, Jacobo Delvalle, following involuntary dismissal of her partition and accounting action. On the following analysis, we reverse.

In 1977, Ayda Delvalle, Marcela and Ja-cobo’s mother, purchased a duplex located in southwest Miami-Dade County. Rather than taking title in her own name, Mrs. Delvalle, who resided in Cartagena, Columbia, had the duplex titled in the names of her daughter, Marcela, and Marcela’s husband at the time. In 1980, title was transferred to Mrs.…