Case Name: George J. SHAMAS, Michael J. Shamas, and Rebecca Kreed Shamas, Appellants, v. Dorthea E. RITTER, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Helen V. Curry, Deceased and Joseph F. Jennings, Guardian ad Litem of Joseph Coley Ritter, a minor beneficiary, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1983-05-03
Citations: 432 So. 2d 128
Docket Number: No. 82-1266
Parties: George J. SHAMAS, Michael J. Shamas, and Rebecca Kreed Shamas, Appellants, v. Dorthea E. RITTER, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Helen V. Curry, Deceased and Joseph F. Jennings, Guardian ad Litem of Joseph Coley Ritter, a minor beneficiary, Appellees.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., FERGUSON, J., and GOMEZ, HELIO, Associate Judge.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 432
Pages: 128–128

Head Matter:
George J. SHAMAS, Michael J. Shamas, and Rebecca Kreed Shamas, Appellants, v. Dorthea E. RITTER, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Helen V. Curry, Deceased and Joseph F. Jennings, Guardian ad Litem of Joseph Coley Ritter, a minor beneficiary, Appellees.
No. 82-1266.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
May 3, 1983.
Rehearing Denied June 15, 1983.
Horton, Perse & Ginsberg and Mallory H. Horton, Miami, for appellants.
McDonald & McDonald and David McDonald, Kimbrell, Hamann, Jennings, Womack, Carlson & Kniskern, and Joseph F. Jennings, Miami, for appellees.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., FERGUSON, J., and GOMEZ, HELIO, Associate Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The trial court's findings that appellee overcame the presumption of undue influence by coming forward with a reasonable explanation for her active role in the testatrix's affairs, especially in the preparation of a new will, is supported by competent and substantial evidence and thus, will not be disturbed. See In re Estate of Carpenter, 253 So.2d 697 (Fla.1971); In re Estate of Blakey, 363 So.2d 630 (Fla. 3d DCA 1978).
Affirmed.