Case Name: In re ESTATE OF Ronald LETT. Jeannette Lett Heitman, Appellant, v. Alicia Caceres, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-11-04
Citations: 725 So. 2d 1146
Docket Number: No. 98-1115
Parties: In re ESTATE OF Ronald LETT. Jeannette Lett Heitman, Appellant, v. Alicia Caceres, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and GERSTEN and GREEN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 725
Pages: 1146–1146

Head Matter:
In re ESTATE OF Ronald LETT. Jeannette Lett Heitman, Appellant, v. Alicia Caceres, Appellee.
No. 98-1115.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Nov. 4, 1998.
Rehearing Denied March 10, 1999.
Bilzin Sumberg Dunn Price & Axelrod, and Alvin D. Lodish, and Stacey L. Silver-man, Miami, for appellant.
Arnaldo Velez, Miami, for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and GERSTEN and GREEN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Jeanette Lett Heitman appeals an order denying her motion for attorney's fees pursuant to Section 57.105, Florida Statutes (1997), after the trial court dismissed appellee Alicia Caceres' petitions for probate and ancillary administration of Ronald Lett's estate. Because the appellee had already initiated probate proceedings in Costa Rica, and because those proceedings were still pending, we find no basis in law or fact for the appellee's petitions here. See Loewenthal v. Mandell, 125 Fla. 685, 170 So. 169 (Fla.1936). Accordingly, we reverse and remand with directions to the trial court to award the appellant attorney's fees pursuant to Section 57.105, Florida Statutes (1997). See Davis v. Christmas, 705 So.2d 38 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997).
Reversed and remanded with directions.