IN RE ESTATE OF BUDNY

No. 2D01-2223.

815 So.2d 781 (2002)

In re ESTATE OF Vincent Joseph BUDNY, Deceased. Vincent J. Budny, Jr., as Personal Representative, Appellant, v. Carole Ann Mikell, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

May 10, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Virginia R. Vetter of Vetter & Hunter, Tampa, for Appellant.

Deborah M. Schmitt of Deborah M. Schmitt, P.A., Tampa, for Appellee.


NORTHCUTT, Judge.

Vincent Budny, Jr., is the personal representative of his father's estate. He challenges the probate court's determination that he and his half sister, Carole Ann Mikell, are to share equally as beneficiaries under the senior Mr. Budny's will. We reverse because the ruling contradicts the will's clear and unambiguous terms.

Mr. Budny left an October 1972 will he had executed jointly with his wife, Marie Budny, whom he survived. The will devised...

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