Legal Opinion · Dissent

Adam Gort and Lisa Forman v. William Gort

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided February 3, 2016No. 4D14-3830 and 4D15-398Published

1DissentWarner, J.

I would reverse the summary declaratory judgment on the authority of Jasser v. Saadeh, 97 So.3d 241 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012). I do not think that a petition for determination of incapacity may be voluntarily dismissed by a petitioner once the trial court has appointed an examining committee, unless a majority of the examining committee finds that the alleged incapacitated person is not incapacitated. See § 744.331(1)-(3), Fla. Stat. (2014). This is for the protection of the alleged incapacitated person, as noted in Jasser, 97 So.3d at 247-48. In this case, the court permitted dismissal of the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Jasser v. SaadehDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2012

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