Thorpe v. Larsen

SCHWARTZ, Judge.

The appellant, Wilhelmina Quindt Thorpe, is the daughter of 97-year-old Amalia Quindt, who was declared an incompetent by the Dade County circuit court. She claims error in an order which denied her petition for appointment as Mrs. Quindt’s guardian and granted the competing petition of a neighbor of the ward, Marguerite Larsen. We find, however, that the court did not abuse its discretion in making the appointment under the controlling terms of Section 744.312, Florida Statutes (1979).1 *1218While the next of kin are given first consideration by Section 744.312(2)(a), the statute…