Legal Opinion
Benedict v. Foster
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided June 12, 1974No. Nos. 45472, 45473PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OVERTON, Justice.
This is before the Court upon a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus 1 and Petition for Writ of Certiorari.2 It concerns a dispute over who is to be the guardian of the person of the incompetent, Kenneth P. Foster, and which Circuit Court has supervision of the incompetent and his estate.
The problem is accentuated by numerous legal proceedings in the Circuit Courts of the Fifteenth and Seventeenth Circuits, a petition for writ of prohibition to the Fourth District Court of Appeal, and petitions for habeas corpus and certiorari to this Court. The situation is characterized as a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- In re Guardianship of MicklerSupreme Court of Florida · 1964
- State Ex Rel. Campbell v. ChapmanSupreme Court of Florida · 1941
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