Legal Opinion
Fain v. Hall
District Court, M.D. Florida
Decided January 3, 1979No. 77-85 Civ. T-KPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
KRENTZMAN, District Judge.
This case considers the constitutionality vel non, of Florida Statutes 733.302 and 733.304 1 which disqualify nonresidents from serving as personal representatives of decedents to whom they were not related.
Plaintiff, Ethel Fain, is the widow and personal representative of Harry Fain, deceased. Plaintiff, Peter L. Malkin, is a resident of Connecticut who is an attorney, a member of the Florida Bar and of a law firm which maintains offices in Florida. Defendant, Vincent E. Hall, is a circuit judge of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit in and for Sarasota…
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