Case Name: Cecile McGovern DANCHES, Appellant, v. Joseph DANCHES, individually and as Trustee, Diane Pasch, individually and as Trustee, Denise Fisher, Phillip Danches, Gayle Weston and Esther Halpern, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1987-03-10
Citations: 503 So. 2d 461
Docket Number: No. 86-1611
Parties: Cecile McGovern DANCHES, Appellant, v. Joseph DANCHES, individually and as Trustee, Diane Pasch, individually and as Trustee, Denise Fisher, Phillip Danches, Gayle Weston and Esther Halpern, Appellees.
Judges: Before BASKIN, DANIEL S. PEARSON and FERGUSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 503
Pages: 461–461

Head Matter:
Cecile McGovern DANCHES, Appellant, v. Joseph DANCHES, individually and as Trustee, Diane Pasch, individually and as Trustee, Denise Fisher, Phillip Danches, Gayle Weston and Esther Halpern, Appellees.
No. 86-1611.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
March 10, 1987.
Holland & Knight and William F. Hamilton, Miami, for appellant.
Stuart A. Goldstein, Garth A. Webster, Miami, for appellees.
Before BASKIN, DANIEL S. PEARSON and FERGUSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We hold that the trial court's erroneous evidentiary rulings as to the applicability of the dead man's statute, § 90.602, Florida Statutes (1985), and the hearsay rule, § 90.803(3), Florida Statutes (1985), precluded appellant from proving her contention that she was a pretermitted spouse under the terms of her deceased husband's will. See Small v. Shure, 94 So.2d 371 (Fla.1957); Ritter v. Shamas, 452 So.2d 1057 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984); Sessions v. Summers, 177 So.2d 720 (Fla. 1st DCA 1965); Bordacs v. Kimmel, 139 So.2d 506 (Fla. 3d DCA 1962). We therefore reverse and remand for a new trial.
Reversed and remanded.