Buettner v. Estate Buettner

Full title: Heinrich BUETTNER, Appellant v. ESTATE OF Luise BUETTNER, Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Nov 12, 2008

993 So. 2d 640 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)

Opinion

No. 4D07-5066.

November 12, 2008.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Mel Grossman, Judge; L.T. Case No. 06-4440(60).

Rima C. Bardawil of the Law Offices of Rima C. Bardawil, P.A., Miami, for appellant.

Michael D. Cirullo, Jr. of Goren, Cherof, Doody Ezrol, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Heinrich Buettner appeals the trial court's approval of a settlement agreement between the Estate of Luise Buettner and Susan Cerny, a judgment creditor of the estate. We affirm, holding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in approving the compromise of Cerny's claim. See Sec. Ins. Co. v. Estate of Stillson, 397 So.2d 1206, 1207 (Fla. 1st DCA 1981) (a court's decision to approve the compromise of a claim against an estate is reviewed for abuse of discretion).

Affirmed.

WARNER, GROSS and DAMOORGIAN, JJ., concur.