This is my running list of significant Florida trusts-and-estates related appellate opinions for 2025. If you think I’ve missed an important case that deserves wider notice, please let me know. As new decisions are published I’ll add them to the list. The cases listed below are hyper-linked to the court’s original opinion and any commentary I may have written about the case. Click here for prior years.

  1. Seduction Cosmetic Center Corp. v. Dunbar, — So.3d —-, 2025 WL 97137 (Fla. 6th DCA January 15, 2025) (claims vs estate are not all creditor claims)
  2. Brush v. Coppelli, — So.3d —-, 2025 WL 495393 (Fla. 5th DCA February 14, 2025) (amount of PR’s personal liability for surcharge action)