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Grunert v. Machover

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
May 18, 1993
617 So. 2d 1153 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

Opinion

No. 92-2430.

May 18, 1993.

An Appeal from a nonfinal order of the Circuit Court for Dade County; Frederick N. Barad, Judge.

Akerman, Senterfitt Eidson, P.A., and Richard C. Milstein and Paul Hampton Crockett, Miami, for appellant.

Zuckerman, Spaeder, Taylor Evans and Ronald B. Ravikoff and Humberto J. Pena, Miami, Zuckerman, Spaeder, Goldstein, Taylor Kolker and Roger E. Zuckerman and Michael R. Smith, Washington, D.C., Ruden, Barnett, McClosky, Smith, Schuster Russell, Miami, for appellee.

Before HUBBART, JORGENSON and COPE, JJ.


We reverse the nonfinal order denying the motion of Richard E. Grunert, the trustee, to abate and dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction a petition for cancellation and revocation of a trust. Hanson v. Denkla, 357 U.S. 235, 78 S.Ct. 1228, 2 L.Ed.2d 1283 (1958); see also § 737.203, Florida Statutes (1991). Cf. Saffan v. Saffan, 588 So.2d 684 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991) (court had jurisdiction where grantor and trustee were Florida residents, trust agreement provided that the trust would be administered in accordance with Florida law, and the trust corpus was located in Florida).

Reversed.


Summaries of

Grunert v. Machover

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
May 18, 1993
617 So. 2d 1153 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)
Case details for

Grunert v. Machover

Case Details

Full title:RICHARD E. GRUNERT, AS TRUSTEE OF THE LOLA MACHOVER TRUST, APPELLANT, v…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: May 18, 1993

Citations

617 So. 2d 1153 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)