Supreme Court of Florida

A constructive trust may not be imposed over the assets of an estate in favor of a beneficiary named in an invalid will, where the invalidity is due to mistake in execution, and the will expresses the clear intent of the decedent to dispose of her assets in the expressed therein.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/29/2002
• Published 08/29/2002

Judges

• QUINCE, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William H. Phelan, Jr. of Bond, Arnett & Phelan, P.A., Ocala, FL, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Christopher J. Klein of Baur, Klein, Matos & Riedi, P.A., Miami, FL, for Respondent.