MONICA MARTIN MENZEL
v.
SABINE E. MENZEL, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF GERD MENZEL, DECEASED

Fla. 6th DCA | 2026-09-10
No. 2025-0782
Arendas, J., Traver, C.J., Nardella, J., Mize, J.
2026 FL 11937 Florida District Court of Appeal, Sixth District (2026)

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Holding

The appellate court lacks jurisdiction over a challenge to a 2019 order addressing homestead issues in a probate matter.


Headnotes

[1] An appellate court lacks jurisdiction to review a challenge to a homestead order in a probate appeal when the order is not timely appealed under Florida Rules of Appellat…

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Monica Martin Menzel appealed a circuit court decision in a probate case involving the estate of Gerd Menzel. The appeal challenged, among other thing…

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Opinion of the Court

SIXTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL

STATE OF FLORIDA

Case No. 6D2025-0782 Lower Tribunal No. 2018-CP-000570-PR

MONICA MARTIN MENZEL, Appellant,

v.

SABINE E. MENZEL, individually and as Personal Representative of the ESTATE OF GERD MENZEL, Appellee.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Osceola County. Christine E. Arendas, Judge.

September 10, 2026

PER CURIAM.

In this probate appeal, we lack jurisdiction over Monica Martin Menzel's challenge to a 2019 order addressing homestead issues, and we therefore dismiss it. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.170(b)(13), 9.110(b); Dorsey v. Hearns, 433 So. 3d 481, 482 (Fla. 6th DCA 2026). We otherwise affirm.

AFFIRMED in part; DISMISSED in part.

TRAVER, C.J., and NARDELLA and MIZE, JJ., concur.

Monica Martin Menzel, Kissimmee, pro se.

Keith J. Hesse, of Shuffield, Lowman & Wilson, P.A., Orlando, for Appellee.

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING

AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF TIMELY FILED

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