Veronica Y. Morrison v. in Re: Estate of Juanita T. Brown-Mason
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledMay 20, 2026
Docket3D2025-2456
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
Third District Court of Appeal
State of Florida
Opinion filed May 20, 2026.
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No. 3D25-2456
Lower Tribunal No. 09-1868-CP-02
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Veronica Y. Morrison,
Appellant,
vs.
In Re: Estate of Juanita T. Brown-Mason, et al.,
Appellees.
An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Nushin G.
Sayfie, Judge.
Veronica Y. Morrison, in proper person.
Irama Valdes, P.A., and Irama Valdes and Alexis Sanchez, for
appellees.
Before SCALES, C.J., and GORDO and LOBREE, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Appellant Veronica Y. Morrison, pro se, appeals a November 19, 2025
probate court order that granted Curator Irama Valdes’s petition for final
distribution and discharged Valdes from all duties as to the Estate of Juanita
T. Brown-Mason.
This Estate has had a long and tortuous history since the decedent’s
death in 2008. Morrison was the initial personal representative, and an initial
final order of discharge was entered in 2010, after Morrison swore, under
penalty of perjury, that the Estate had been fully administered.
Then, thirteen years later, in 2023, the Estate was reopened after the
decedent’s grandson – claiming he had been excluded from the initial
probate proceedings – petitioned the probate court to reopen it. The probate
court initially appointed the grandson as the personal representative in these
renewed proceedings, but in 2024, it appointed attorney Irama Valdes as the
Estate’s Curator.
In these re-opened proceedings, Morrison made several unsuccessful
attempts to admit a purportedly lost or destroyed will that specifically
provided that Morrison and her sister would inherit the Estate, while the
grandson would inherit only a piece of jewelry. Morrison also challenged the
probate proceedings suggesting that, because the decedent, Juanita T.
Brown was known also as “Juanita T. Brown-Mason” the probate
proceedings are somehow unauthorized. Following the Curator’s full
administration of the re-opened Estate, the probate court entered the
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challenged November 19, 2025 order discharging the Curator and again
closing the Estate. Morrison timely appealed this final order.
On appeal, Morrison reiterates her arguments that the probate
proceedings were unauthorized because the decedent was known by a
different name. Morrison also asserts that a clerk’s default somehow
required the probate court to admit and validate what Morrison characterized
as the decedent’s lost or destroyed will. Further, Morrison asserts, without
factual support, that the Curator acted fraudulently and failed to provide
proper notice. Morrison makes blanket assertions, again without factual
support, that the probate court failed to protect Morrison as a “vulnerable
adult.” Additionally, Morrison argues that periods of “inactivity” somehow
deprived the probate court of jurisdiction. Finally, Morrison makes conclusory
assertions of malicious prosecution, judicial bias, and systemic due process
violations.
Upon our careful review of the record on appeal and the parties’
briefing, we find no reversible error in the challenged order and affirm the
order in all respects. No motion for rehearing will be entertained by this Court.
Affirmed.1
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During the course of this appeal, Morrison filed multiple motions alleging
violations of, and entitlement to, certain accommodations pursuant to, the
Americans with Disabilities Act. Morrison has also sought an order
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sanctioning the lower court clerk for not timely transmitting the record on
appeal to this Court. We deny, as moot, all of Morrison’s pending motions.
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