Case Name: Ednamae R. MICHAELIS and Luke R. Michaelis, Appellants, v. Jerome G. McCORMICK, Trustee, and Jerome G. McCormick, individually, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1999-02-05
Citations: 725 So. 2d 449
Docket Number: No. 97-04775
Parties: Ednamae R. MICHAELIS and Luke R. Michaelis, Appellants, v. Jerome G. McCORMICK, Trustee, and Jerome G. McCormick, individually, Appellees.
Judges: PATTERSON, A.C.J., and NORTHCUTT and SALCINES, JJ., Concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 725
Pages: 449–450

Head Matter:
Ednamae R. MICHAELIS and Luke R. Michaelis, Appellants, v. Jerome G. McCORMICK, Trustee, and Jerome G. McCormick, individually, Appellees.
No. 97-04775
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Feb. 5, 1999.
Stewart W. Savage, Fort Myers, for Appellants.
M. Brian Cheffer, Fort Myers, for Appel-lee.
Stephen E. Dalton, Fort Myers, for Inter-venors.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Ednamae R. Michaelis and Luke Michaelis challenge the trial court's order vacating a final judgment which adopted a mediated settlement agreement in their lawsuit against Jerome McCormick, trustee of the John B. Richey Intervivos Trust Agreement.
In this case, the trial court entered a final judgment on May 27, 1997, adopting the terms of the mediated agreement. Thereafter, trust beneficiaries Kenneth McCormick, Robert McCormick, and Nancy Roberts (the trustee's children) filed their motion to intervene claiming that the agreement fully distributed a trust share to' Ednamae R. Mi-chaelis in which she only had a life estate and in which intervenors claimed a remainder interest. The trial court granted the motion to intervene, and on October 27, 1997, entered an order vacating the final judgment. The Michaelises assert that once the trial court entered a final judgment adopting the terms of the mediated settlement, the court was required to enforce the judgment. We agree. See Dickinson v. Segal, 219 So.2d 435 (Fla.1969) (intervention may not be allowed after final judgment).
Accordingly, we reverse the trial court's order of October 27,1997, vacating the May 27, 1997, final judgment which adopted the mediated settlement, and reinstate the May 27,1997, final judgment.
PATTERSON, A.C.J., and NORTHCUTT and SALCINES, JJ., Concur.