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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
813462 NINETEENTH JUDIGIAL CIRCUIT,
IN AND FOR ST. LUCIE COUNTY,
FLORIDA.
CASE N0. 85-794-CA-17
ROBERTA EZELL,
Administrator Ad = ~ :
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Estate of ELEANOR STRADER,
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Plaintiff,
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NEVI TOWNSEND, u..
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FINAL JUDGMENT
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This cause Goming on for trial before the court and on the ~
evidence presented the court makes the following findings of fact
and conclusions of law.
The decedent, Eleanor Strader, was a 60 year old woman
living in Fort Pierce, Florida at the time of her death in
November of 1983. This case begins approximately a year prior
to that time when the decedent was married to her husband Keith
Strader. At that time Mr. and Mrs. Strader separated and
obtained a divorce. As part of the property settlement and disposition
'i of the divorce, Mrs. Strader received a mortgage generated from the
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sale of their home. This was to be the sole means of her support
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~ mortgage was some $70,000.00 with regularly monthly payments of
~ approximately $700.00.
At the time of the divorce Eleanor Strader was an alcoholic,
was extremely lonely, and despondent. Although she had a daughter,
the administrator ad litem herein, her daughter lived in North
Carolina and not available to help her mother at the time. During
the divorce proceedings and subsequent thereto, she consulted her
pastor, the defendant herein, Nevi Townsend. The pastor is the
' minister of Parkview Baptist Church and Mrs. Strader was a member
of the congregation, living only 200 feet from the church. By the
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