Shappell v. Williams

ALTENBERND, Judge.

Sharon L. Shappell appeals an order of the probate court suspending her letters of guardianship in the voluntary guardianship of Melba Jensen and appointing an attorney ad litem to marshal the assets of Ms. Jensen. Ms. Jensen died in 1997. We affirm.

*377This proceeding involved a voluntary guardianship, in which the guardian’s authority rested upon the consent of a competent ward. See § 744.341, Fla. Stat. (2001). Moreover, any guardian’s authority over the assets of a ward terminates upon the ward’s death, at which point the assets become assets of the decedent’s estate and…