Background
Lisa Waters appealed an order of the Circuit Court for Manatee County in a matter involving the Estate of W. Richard Waters. Kimberly S. Gore and Mark Waters appeared as the estate’s co-personal representatives.
Waters represented herself on appeal. The Second District’s opinion does not identify the challenged order, describe the underlying dispute, or state the arguments raised by the parties.
The Court’s Holding
The Second District affirmed the circuit court’s ruling in a per curiam decision.
The court provided no reasoning or legal analysis. Judges Khouzam, Morris, and Guard concurred.
Key Takeaways
- The circuit court’s ruling remains in effect.
- The appellate court affirmed without explaining its reasoning.
- The opinion supplies no factual or doctrinal basis for extending the result to other cases.
Why It Matters
The decision ends this appeal in favor of the estate’s co-personal representatives while leaving the trial court’s ruling intact.
Because the court issued an unexplained per curiam affirmance, the opinion offers practitioners no substantive guidance on probate law or appellate doctrine.