Ollie Lan, et al. v. In Re: Estate of James Howard Ridinger

Third District Court of Appeal
State of Florida
Opinion filed December 17, 2025.
Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
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No. 3D24-0433
Lower Tribunal No. 22-5140-CP-02
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Ollie Lan, et al.,
Appellants,
vs.
In Re: Estate of James Howard Ridinger,
Appellee.
An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Bertila Soto,
Judge.
Lindemann Law Firm, and Blake J. Lindemann (Beverly Hills, CA);
LMK Legal, and Laurence Marc Krutchik, for appellants.
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC, and Roselvin S. Edelman, for
appellee.
Before EMAS, FERNANDEZ and BOKOR, JJ.
PER CURIAM.

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Affirmed. See In re Est. of Gay, 294 So. 2d 668, 670 (Fla. 4th DCA
1974) (“[E]very claimant having a claim against the estate of a decedent,
who is not within one of the several exceptions expressly provided in the
statute, must in person or through agent or attorney timely file a claim in the
manner prescribed by the statute or else the claim becomes void. If class
claims could be filed on behalf of unnamed members of a specific designated
class of persons, the statute of nonclaim could be rendered
meaningless . . . .”); Baillargeon v. Sewell, 33 So. 3d 130, 142 (Fla. 2d DCA
2010) (agreeing that Probate Code does not allow class claims to be filed in
probate); see also Shotts v. OP Winter Haven, Inc., 86 So. 3d 456, 465 (Fla.
2011) (“It is for the court, not the arbitrator, to decide whether a valid written
agreement to arbitrate exists.” (citation modified)).