Case Name: In re ESTATE OF Jacob GUZE, a/k/a Jack Guze, deceased. Dr. Samuel B. GUZE, Executor, Appellant, v. Marie GUZE, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1959-02-24
Citations: 109 So. 2d 170
Docket Number: No. 58-353
Parties: In re ESTATE OF Jacob GUZE, a/k/a Jack Guze, deceased. Dr. Samuel B. GUZE, Executor, Appellant, v. Marie GUZE, Appellee.
Judges: CARROLL, CHAS., C. J., and PEARSON, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 109
Pages: 170–170

Head Matter:
In re ESTATE OF Jacob GUZE, a/k/a Jack Guze, deceased. Dr. Samuel B. GUZE, Executor, Appellant, v. Marie GUZE, Appellee.
No. 58-353.
District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.
Feb. 24, 1959.
Rehearing Denied March 13, 1959.
Morris Berick, Miami Beach, for appellant.
Harold Shapiro, Miami Beach, for appel-lee.

Opinion:
HORTON, Judge.
The proceedings in the County Judges' Court resulted in an order voiding an ante-nuptial agreement which would have denied to the wife of the deceased any share in the estate. The question presented, and ruled upon, arose out of the wife's election to take dower as against the will of the decedent. This claim was allowed by the County Judge who found that the antenuptial agreement was invalid due to the failure of the deceased to make a full and fair disclosure of his assets prior to the execution of the agreement.
Although jurisdiction to assign dower rests exclusively in the County Judges' Court (§§ 733.11-14, Fla.Stat, F. S.A.; Coleman v. Davis, Fla.App.1958, 106 So.2d 81), the jurisdiction to test the validity of an antenuptial agreement is in the Circuit Court. See In re Rothman's Estate, Fla.App.1958, 104 So.2d 607. It has been generally recognized that the validity of deeds (In re Coleman's Estate, Fla.App. 1958, 103 So.2d 237) and trust agreements (Beke v. Molnar's Estate, Fla.1955, 82 So.2d 595) is tested in separate proceedings in the Circuit Court.
Accordingly, the order appealed is reversed and the cause is remanded for proceedings not inconsistent herewith.
Reversed and remanded.
CARROLL, CHAS., C. J., and PEARSON, J., concur.