STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLANT,

v.

OLIVER KOEHLER, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By (26 total)

• Roth v. Roth, 973 So. 2d 580 (Fla. 2d DCA 2008)
  …ge, the courts have crafted two exceptions to the general rule that homesteads are exempt from forced hens. A court can impose an equitable hen on homestead property when there is evidence of fraud or material misrepresentation. Bessemer v. Gersten, 381 So. 2d 1344, 1347 n. 1 (Fla. 1980); Greenberg v. Fontaine, 618 So. 2d 299, 301 (Fla. 2d DCA 1993); Sell v. Sell, 949 So. 2d 1108, 1112 (Fla. 3d DCA 2007) (noting that an equitable lien can be placed on and enforced against homestead property when “a plaintiff c…
• Butterworth v. Caggiano, 605 So. 2d 56 (Fla. 1992)
  …have refused to allow the homestead exemption to shield property where there is fraud or other "reprehensible conduct.” In particular, the State cites cases where the courts have imposed equitable liens on homesteads. See, e.g., Bessemer v. Gersten, 381 So. 2d 1344 (Fla.1980); La Mar v. Lechlider, 135 Fla. 703, 185 So. 833 (1939); Jetton Lumber Co. v. Hall, 67 Fla. 61, 64 So. 440 (1914); Milton v. Milton, 63 Fla. 533, 58 So. 718 (1912). Thus, the State argues that a constitutional provision that does not shiel…
• White v. Metro. Dade Cnty., 563 So. 2d 117 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990)
  …he general public, Town of Flagler Beach v. Green, 83 So. 2d 598 (Fla.1955); Henry L. Doherty & Co., Inc. v. Joachim, 146 Fla. 50, 200 So. 238 (1941), or that the restriction in the deed was intended for the plaintiffs’ benefit, Bessemer v. Gersten, 381 So. 2d 1344 (Fla.1980); Rea v. Brandt, 467 So. 2d 368 (Fla. 2d DCA), review denied, 476 So. 2d 675 (Fla.1985). Two of the appellants, Margaret Matheson Randolph and Malcolm Mathe-son, Jr., are heirs of the original grantors. The deed by which the land was tran…

Authorities Cited

• MacMILLAN v. State, 358 So. 2d 547 (Fla. 1978)
• State v. Petruzzelli, 374 So. 2d 13 (Fla. 1979)