Palm Beach Guardianships of parents, adults and grandparents seem to be, for good or for ill, a growth area. Filing for plenary guardianships Florida appears to be on the rise. Adult children often seek to either protect a parent or loved one by filing a guardianship petition in the probate Palm Beach, or they seek to control mom or dad and their money. If you are involved in a guardianship Delray Beach of your mom or dad in Palm Beach or Florida, you may want to read this new guardianship legislation. Florida Senate bill 1226, an act relating to guardianship; (March, 2015).
How do I start a guardianship for my mom or dad?
- A guardianship Boca Raton for an adult is started by filing a petition, typically a petition to determine capacity or incapacity of your mother or father: does he or she have capacity or are they incompetent?
- A petition for appointment of plenary guardian may be filed which seeks to control all of your parent’s personal and financial decisions: in that case a guardian of the person and property may be appointed to control everything
- Or, is a limited guardianship more appropriate?
- What does this new Florida guardianship legisltation say?
Florida Guardianship Legislation: Senate Bill 1226
- If the bill becomes law it will affect how guardianships are done in Palm Beach
- And it will also affect Chapter 744 which is the Florida Guardianship Code
- Here is a copy of the bill, with a free link to the senate bill site, so you can see what Florida law changes to guardianship law may be coming this summer or fall
- http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2015/1226/BillText/Filed/PDF
- What do I need to know about filing for guardianship in Palm Beach?
- Who should be the guardian of my mom or dad if I don’t live near them?
- Ask your Florida probate lawyer or your estate planning attorney Palm Beach Gardens what they would do if mom or dad needed some help.
- Will a guardianship be fought over by my stepfather or stepmother? Will brothers and sisters fight over who will control mom or dad? They indeed do, and often hire guardianship litigators Palm Beach to do it.
- But read Chapter 744 of the Florida Statutes to better understand how guardianships are run in Palm Beach County and then read this new Senate Bill on Florida Guardianship law.
