Kata v. Hayden

DANAHY, Acting Chief Judge.

The appellant, who is the personal representative of a decedent’s estate, challenges the ruling of the trial judge that the failure of the personal representative to serve a copy of her objection to claim on one of two joint claimants constituted an abandonment of the objection as to that claimant under the provisions of section 733.705(2), Florida Statutes (1987). We affirm.

The appellee, who is the adult son of the decedent, and his mother and former spouse of the decedent, Martha B. Hayden, as co-claimants timely filed two joint claims against the decedent’s…