Case Name: In re the ESTATE OF Alexander TOLIN
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1992-01-03
Citations: 594 So. 2d 309
Docket Number: No. 91-1261
Parties: In re the ESTATE OF Alexander TOLIN.
Judges: GUNTHER and STONE, JJ„ concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 594
Pages: 309–310

Head Matter:
In re the ESTATE OF Alexander TOLIN.
No. 91-1261.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Jan. 3, 1992.
Opinion on Rehearing March 11, 1992.
Charles P. Johnson, Jr., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant-Broward Art Guild, Inc.
Daniel E. Oates, Pompano Beach, for ap-pellee-Adair Creaig.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We reverse an order revoking the probate of a codicil to a will. The order also reinstated the will as if the codicil had never been executed. The evidence reflects that the testator attempted to revoke the codicil by destroying a photostatic copy. However, the appellant raises questions, in argument, of other possible motives.
An original will or codicil may only be revoked consistent with the provisions of section 732.506, Fla.Stat. (1975). In re Bancker's Estate, 232 So.2d 431 (Fla. 4th DCA), cert. denied, 238 So.2d 111 (Fla. 1970). Simply destroying an unsigned copy, even one containing a photo image of the original signature, is insufficient to accomplish that end. Cf. Lowy v. Roberts, 453 So.2d 886 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984); In re D'Agostino's Will, 9 N.J.Super. 230, 75 A.2d 913 (1950); In re Will of Wehr, 247 Wis. 98, 18 N.W.2d 709 (1945).
GUNTHER and STONE, JJ" concur.
ANSTEAD, J., dissents with opinion.