Case Name: In re ESTATE OF Mordechai Martin GORN a/k/a Mortin Gorn a/k/a Mordechai Gorn. David GORN, Individually and as Personal Representative, Appellant, v. TEMPLE B'NAI ISRAEL, et al., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1988-04-27
Citations: 526 So. 2d 118
Docket Number: No. 87-2427
Parties: In re ESTATE OF Mordechai Martin GORN a/k/a Mortin Gorn a/k/a Mordechai Gorn. David GORN, Individually and as Personal Representative, Appellant, v. TEMPLE B’NAI ISRAEL, et al., Appellees.
Judges: DANAHY, C.J., and' CAMPBELL and FRANK, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 526
Pages: 118–118

Head Matter:
In re ESTATE OF Mordechai Martin GORN a/k/a Mortin Gorn a/k/a Mordechai Gorn. David GORN, Individually and as Personal Representative, Appellant, v. TEMPLE B’NAI ISRAEL, et al., Appellees.
No. 87-2427.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
April 27, 1988.
Rehearing Denied June 8, 1988.
Richard T. Earle, III, of Earle and Earle, St. Petersburg, for appellant.
Robert M. Winick of Fisher & Sauls, P.A., Seminole, for appellees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The facts before us, which need not be detailed in expressing our conclusion to reverse the trial court, disclose a codicil executed within the 6 month period preceding the testator's death. The effect of the codicil was to convert potential gifts to charitable entities into actual bequests. Because that conversion occurred less than six months from death, section 732.803(1), Florida Statutes (1985), renders the charitable gifts voidable. Accordingly, as well meaning as the trial court was in seeking to fulfill the testator's intent, the manifest effect of the foregoing statutory provision cannot be overcome.
We reverse and vacate the trial court's order and remand this matter for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
DANAHY, C.J., and' CAMPBELL and FRANK, JJ., concur.