Correction
On June 16, 2006, I raised the question of whether an unrelated heir can force the sale of the parent's homestead which was devised to three heir when one of the heirs occupied the house. I stated my opinion that the homestead protections of the Florida Constitution would prohibit forced sale of an heir's homestead to allocate the proceeds among the other heirs. Apparently, my opinion was incorrect. A reader referred me to the Tullis case at 360 So 2d 375 which held that courts can order partition of homestead property to allocate value among competing interests in the property.
