Florida Statutes
Fla. Stat. § 744.1095 (2025)
Hearings.
✓ 2025 Florida Statutes — current through the 2025 Regular Session
Find cases:
SyfertCases citing this section
FL-LEGleg.state.fl.us
JustiaFla. Statutes
CornellLII Search
CasesGoogle Scholar
744.1095 Hearings.—At any hearing under this chapter, the alleged incapacitated person or the adjudicated ward has the right to:
(1) Remain silent and refuse to testify at the hearing. The person may not be held in contempt of court or otherwise penalized for refusing to testify. Refusal to testify may not be used as evidence of incapacity;
(2) Testify;
(3) Present evidence;
(4) Call witnesses;
(5) Confront and cross-examine all witnesses; and
(6) Have the hearing open or closed as she or he may choose.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1991–2012 · leading case: In Re Amendments to the Florida Prob. Rules, 584 So. 2d 964 (Fla. 1991).
In Re Amendments to the Florida Prob. Rules, 584 So. 2d 964 (Fla. 1991). “Statutory Reference § 744.1095, Fla. Stat. Hearings. RULE 5.541.”
Shen v. Parkes, 100 So. 3d 1189 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012). “See § 744.1095, Fla. Stat. (2011) (providing that at any hearing under the guardianship law, the alleged incapacitated person has the right to remain silent, testify, present evidence, call witnesses, confront and cross-examine all witnesses, and have the hearing open or closed).”
In Re Amend. to Florida Prob. Rules, 986 So. 2d 576 (Fla. 2008). “§ 744.1095, Fla. Stat. Hearings. § 744.3085, Fla.”
In re Amendments to the Florida Prob. Rules, 607 So. 2d 1306 (Fla. 1992). “Statutory Reference § 744.1095, Fla.Stat. Hearings. Rule Reference Fla.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the
Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and
treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.