Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1990

In re Estate of Vernon

In re Estate of Vernon
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided July 11, 1990 · Gunther, Hersey, Polen
563 So. 2d 835; 1990 Fla. App. LEXIS 4967; 1990 WL 95383 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

In re Estate of Vernon

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

We dismiss on the authority of Skaf v. Skaf, 491 So.2d 1265 (Fla. 4th DCA 1986).

DISMISSED.

HERSEY, C.J., and GUNTHER, J., concur. POLEN, J., concurs specially with opinion.

Concurring Opinion

POLEN, Judge,

concurring specially.

I concur in the result reached by the majority; however, I believe they reached this result for the wrong reason. Although there is a question whether Skaf v. Skaf, 491 So.2d 1265 (Fla. 4th DCA 1986), would even apply to this case, we don’t have to get that far. The trial court struck appellants’ claims against the estate as untimely on March 23, 1987. No appeal nor motion for rehearing was filed then. Appellants entered into a stipulation with ap-pellees two months later, which contained a covenant not to sue until on or after February 2, 1989. However, the trial court had already lost jurisdiction, and Tulsa Professional Collection Services, Inc. v. Pope, 485 U.S. 478, 108 S.Ct. 1340, 99 L.Ed.2d 565 (1988), decided April 19, 1988, could not breathe new life into it. I would dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.

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