Gray v. Gray

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT JANUARY TERM 2008 LILLIA IRENE GRAY, Appellant, v. Case No. 5D07-1024 ESTATE OF ELBERT L. GRAY, DECEASED, Appellee. ________________________________/ Opinion filed April 18, 2008 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Marion County, Brian Lambert, Judge. Pierre A. L. Mommers, of Mommers & Colombo, Melbourne, for Appellant. Dock A. Blanchard, of Blanchard, Merriam, Adel & Kirkland, P.A., Ocala, for Appellee. PER CURIAM. AFFIRMED. See Reichert v. Appel, 74 So. 2d 674, 675 (Fla. 1954) (party is estopped to question jurisdiction of foreign court to grant dissolution of marriage where the party does some act which in itself recognizes the validity of decree.); see also Lanigan v. Lanigan, 78 So. 2d 92, 95-96 (Fla. 1955) (party may not stand idly by for lengthy period of time and permit innocent persons to be deceived and misled in reliance upon divorce decree absent convincing explanation for failure to seek to invalidate decree at earlier date). GRIFFIN, ORFINGER and EVANDER, JJ., concur. 2

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