Elizabeth Joy Dascal v. In Re: Charles Dascal, et al.

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. 3D24-0733
Lower Tribunal No. 22-1298-CP-02
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Elizabeth Joy Dascal ,
Appellant,
vs.
In Re: Charles Dascal, 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, Laura Keats Wendell and Bryan C. Siddique, for appellant.
Katz Baskies & Wolf PLLC, and James Raymond George (Boca
Raton), for appellees Jacqueline Dascal Chariff and Ana Maria Camacho.
Before LOGUE, LINDSEY and GOODEN, JJ.
PER CURIAM.

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Affirmed. 	See § 736.08135(2)(c), Fla. Stat. (2024) (“To the extent
feasible, the accounting must identify and value trust assets on hand at the
close of the accounting period. For each asset or class of assets reasonably
capable of valuation, the accounting shall contain two values, the asset
acquisition 	value 	or 	carrying 	value 	and 	the 	estimated 	current 	value.”)
(emphasis added); Pounds v. Pounds, 703 So. 2d 487, 488 (Fla. 5th DCA
1997) (“In construing the provisions of a trust, the cardinal rule is to try to
give effect to the grantor’s intent, if possible. The grantor’s intent should not
be determined by resort to isolated words and phrases, but rather by a
construction of the instrument as a whole, and the general plan interpreted.”)
(internal citations omitted).