Elizabeth Joy Dascal v. Jacqueline Dascal Chariff

• Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida
• Decided: January 14, 2026
• Docket: 3D2024-2313
• Status: Published

Opinion

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed January 14, 2026. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D24-2313 Lower Tribunal No. 22-1298-CP-02 ________________

Elizabeth Joy Dascal, Appellant,

vs.

Jacqueline Dascal Chariff, et al., Appellees.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Bertila Soto, Judge.

Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman, P.L. and Edward George Guedes, and Laura Keats Wendell, for appellant.

Katz Baskies & Wolf PLLC, and James Raymond George (Boca Raton), for appellees.

Before LOGUE, LINDSEY and GOODEN, JJ.

PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See § 733.106(1), Fla. Stat. (2024) (“In all probate

proceedings, costs may be awarded as in chancery actions.”); id. at (3) (“Any

attorney who has rendered services to an estate may be awarded

reasonable compensation from the estate.”); Dayton v. Conger, 448 So. 2d

609, 612 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984) (“The rule in chancery cases is that a court of

equity may, as justice requires, order that costs follow the result of the suit,

apportion the costs between the parties, or require all costs be paid by the

prevailing party.”).