Janet L. Schmidt v. James S. Taylor, Susan Taylor, James R. Taylor, Zachary Joseph Taylor and Mary J. Spear, as nominated personal representative of The Estate of John Joseph Schmidt
The First District affirmed the quashing of service and dismissal of nonresident defendants from a probate adversary proceeding alleging undue influence over the decedent. The trial court found no specific personal jurisdiction because the alleged undue influence and any tortious act occurred outside Florida and the nonresidents neither waived nor consented to jurisdiction. The appellate court found no factual, legal, or procedural error and declined to reweigh the evidence of undue influence.
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