Case Name: In re ESTATE of Dorothy ROBILLARD, Deceased
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1973-07-31
Citations: 281 So. 2d 45
Docket Number: No. 72-1355
Parties: In re ESTATE of Dorothy ROBILLARD, Deceased,
Judges: Before CHARLES CARROLL, HEN-DRY and HAVERFIELD, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 281
Pages: 45–45

Head Matter:
In re ESTATE of Dorothy ROBILLARD, Deceased,
No. 72-1355.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
July 31, 1973.
Richard I. Manas, Miami, for appellant.
Russell M. Yates, Miami Beach, for appellee.
Before CHARLES CARROLL, HEN-DRY and HAVERFIELD, JJ.

Opinion:
CARROLL, Judge.
The appellant Anita Smillie is a judgment creditor of the beneficiary under the decedent's will which is in the process of probate. The appellant moved for an order of distribution, to be made directly to her in payment of her judgment, of or out of the proceeds of the estate to which the judgment debtor would be entitled to distribution. The motion was denied and this appeal followed.
The trial court correctly held the judgment creditor was not entitled to proceed, as was done here, in the probate court for distribution. See In re: Francis' Estate, 153 Fla. 360, 14 So.2d 803, 808; 26A C.J.S. Descent and Distribution § 142.
The order appealed from is affirmed.