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. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF TNE NINETEENT
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA, IN Ati
FOR ST. LUCIE COUNTY. CIVIL ACTIC
CLEIIK i:I~~~U~1 GOUf11
~ PROBATE DIV~SION
CASE NO. 77-310 C~
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In Re: The Estate of )
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THEI,~SA ti. ADAI~SS, )
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Deceased. )
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PETITION FOR APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT AND ATTORNEYS' FEES AND COSTS
Petitioner, DEBRA ADAMS COBLE, as Personal Representative
of the Estate of THELMA H. ADAMS, deceased, hereby petitions this
Court for approval of settlement~and payment of attorneys' fees and
costs and states as follows:
1. Petitioner is the duly qualified Personal Representative
of the estate of the above decedent, having received Letters of Admin-
istration previously issued to her.
2. The decedent, THEL.MA H. ADAMS, left surviving her your
Petitioner, as surviving daughter and also two sons, to wit: John
Hubert Adams, Jr. and Ti~mothy S~ayne Adams. Timothy tJayne Adams was a
minor at the time of the decedent's death having been born on
~ Octoher 31, 1959.
3. That part of the assets of the estate consisted of an
action_arising out of the death of the deceased, pursuant to Florida
Statute §768.16 et seq., which action Petitioner has dilligently pur-
sued in connection with settlement thereof against the driver of the
motor vehicle which resulted in the decedent's death, namely Leslie
Cassell, and his iasurance carrier, Prudential Property and Casualty
Insurance Company.
4. Petitioner has received an offer to settle the claim
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~ of the Estate of THELMA H. ADAMS and a claim of the minor child,
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~ Timothy Wayne Adams, as survivor, as defined by Florida Statute
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§768.16 et seq., arising out of the wrongful death of the decedent
for the sum of TEN THOUSAr1D DOLLARS ($I0,000.00), which sum Petitioner
- feels is reasonable.
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