Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1987

Danches v. Danches

Danches v. Danches
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided March 10, 1987 · Baskin, Ferguson, Pearson
503 So. 2d 461; 12 Fla. L. Weekly 737; 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 7185 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Danches v. Danches

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

We hold that the trial court’s erroneous evidentiary rulings as to the applicability of the dead man’s statute, § 90.602, Florida Statutes (1985), and the hearsay rule, § 90.803(3), Florida Statutes (1985), precluded appellant from proving her contention that she was a pretermitted spouse under the terms of her deceased husband’s will. See Small v. Shure, 94 So.2d 371 (Fla. 1957); Ritter v. Shamas, 452 So.2d 1057 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984); Sessions v. Summers, 177 So.2d 720 (Fla. 1st DCA 1965); Bordacs v. Kimmel, 139 So.2d 506 (Fla. 3d DCA 1962). We therefore reverse and remand for a new trial.

Reversed and remanded.

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