Buettner v. Buettner

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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOURTH DISTRICT July Term 2008 HEINRICH BUETTNER, Appellant, v. ESTATE OF LUISE BUETTNER, Appellee. No. 4D07-5066 [November 12, 2008] PER CURIAM. Heinrich Buettner appeals the trial court s approval of a settlement agreement between the Estate of Luise Buettner and Susan Cerny, a judgment creditor of the estate. We affirm, holding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in approving the compromise of Cerny s claim. See Sec. Ins. Co. v. Estate of Stillson, 397 So. 2d 1206, 1207 (Fla. 1st DCA 1981) (a court s decision to approve the compromise of a claim against an estate is reviewed for abuse of discretion). Affirmed. WARNER, GROSS and DAMOORGIAN, JJ., concur. * * * Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Mel Grossman, Judge; L.T. Case No. 06-4440 (60). Rima C. Bardawil of the Law Offices of Rima C. Bardawil, P.A., Miami, for appellant. Michael D. Cirullo, Jr. of Goren, Cherof, Doody & Ezrol, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellee. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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