Who Has Standing to Participate in a Florida Guardianship Hearing?

What is a Palm Beach guardianship? Guardianships were created to protect the best interest of minors and incapacitated adults through the guardianship system. Who presides over guardianship issues? Florida probate attorneys know that guardianships are handled in the probate court. Guardianship lawyers can ask for a variety of different types of guardianship to protect wards. Do you have a right to hire a probate attorney to defend your relatives from a guardianship? Yes. Who has standing to confront a guardianship proceeding of a loved one in Florida?

A January 4, 2017 opinion, Reid v. Guardianship of Margaret Reid, involves a son of the ward challenging an order awarding attorney’s fees in a Florida guardianship proceeding. Here, he says that the court determined that he did not have standing to participate in the hearing but, since he had filed requests for notification of proceedings pursuant to Florida Probate Rule 5.060(a), he was entitled to participate. However, the 4th DCA could not find evidence that showed that the appellant could not participate in the hearing.To read the entire case, click here.