CHRISTOPHER GORNALL vs ESTATE OF ELSIE LANIER

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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOURTH DISTRICT CHRISTOPHER GORNALL, Appellant, v. ESTATE OF ELSIE M. LANIER; RELIANCE TRUST, Individually, CoSuccessor Trustee, Curator of the Estate of Elsie Lanier; GRAND BANK AND TRUST OF FLORIDA, Individually, Co-Successor Trustee, Trustee; CLAUDE L. LANIER, JR., Individually, Co-Successor Trustee; and PATRICIA INMON, Individually, Co-Successor Trustee, Appellees. Nos. 4D16-1095, 4D16-1321, 4D16-2064 & 4D16-2091 [June 15, 2017] Consolidated appeals from the Circuit Court for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, Okeechobee County; Gary L. Sweet, Judge; L.T. Case Nos. 472013CP000102 and 472014CA000078. Brian M. Beauchamp of Brian M. Beauchamp, P.A., Stuart, for appellant. John Farina of Boyes, Farina & Matwiczyk, P.A., Palm Beach Gardens, for appellee Claude L. Lanier, Jr. James R. George of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellee Reliance Trust Company of Delaware. Shane Kelley of The Kelley Law Firm, PL, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee Patricia Inmon. Bernard Lebedeker of Reid Burman Lebedeker, West Palm Beach, for appellee Grand Bank and Trust of Florida. PER CURIAM. Affirmed. CIKLIN, C.J., TAYLOR and MAY, JJ., concur. * * * Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing. 2

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