Case Name: John VALLESKEY, George Valleskey, Barbara Gonzalez and Diane Wick, Appellants, v. FLAGSHIP NATIONAL BANK OF MIAMI, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1987-06-16
Citations: 508 So. 2d 541
Docket Number: No. 87-161
Parties: John VALLESKEY, George Valleskey, Barbara Gonzalez and Diane Wick, Appellants, v. FLAGSHIP NATIONAL BANK OF MIAMI, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and FERGUSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 508
Pages: 541–542

Head Matter:
John VALLESKEY, George Valleskey, Barbara Gonzalez and Diane Wick, Appellants, v. FLAGSHIP NATIONAL BANK OF MIAMI, Appellee.
No. 87-161.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
June 16, 1987.
Gregory B. Hoppenstand, Bay Harbor Islands, for appellants.
Therrel Baisden & Meyer Weiss and Howard A. Setlin, Miami Beach, for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and FERGUSON, JJ.

Opinion:
SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.
It is clear that attorney's fees were properly assessed against the estate for the defense of the personal representative in a non-frivolous, but ultimately unsuccessful action by the beneficiaries to surcharge the p.r. for alleged improprieties in the performance of its duties. Anderson v. Anderson, 468 So.2d 528 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985), pet. for review denied, 476 So.2d 672 (Fla.1985); § 733.609, Fla.Stat. (1985) ("In all actions challenging the proper exercise of a personal representative's powers, the court shall award taxable costs . including attorney's fees.").
Affirmed.
. See Valleskey v. Flagship Nat'l Bank of Miami, 495 So.2d 756 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986) (per curiam).