Florida Statute 744.3201 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLIII
DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Chapter 744
GUARDIANSHIP

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F.S. 744.3201

744.3201 Petition to determine incapacity.—

(1) A petition to determine incapacity of a person may be executed by an adult person.

(2) The petition must be verified and must:

(a) State the name, age, and present address of the petitioner and his or her relationship to the alleged incapacitated person;

(b) State the name, age, county of residence, and present address of the alleged incapacitated person;

(d) State whether the alleged incapacitated person uses assistance to exercise his or her rights, including, but not limited to, supported decisionmaking, and if so, why the assistance is inappropriate or insufficient to allow the person to independently exercise the person’s rights;

(e) Allege that the petitioner believes the alleged incapacitated person to be incapacitated and specify the factual information on which such belief is based and the names and addresses of all persons known to the petitioner who have knowledge of such facts through personal observations;

(f) State the name and address of the alleged incapacitated person’s attending or family physician, if known;

(g) State which rights enumerated in s. 744.3215 the alleged incapacitated person is incapable of exercising, to the best of petitioner’s knowledge. If the petitioner has insufficient experience to make such judgments, the petition must so state; and

(h) State the names, relationships, and addresses of the next of kin of the alleged incapacitated person, so far as are known, specifying the dates of birth of any who are minors.

(3) A copy of any petition for appointment of guardian or emergency temporary guardian, if applicable, shall be filed with the petition to determine incapacity.

History.—s. 33, ch. 89-96; s. 18, ch. 90-271; s. 22, ch. 95-401; s. 1078, ch. 97-102; s. 4, ch. 2024-242.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 744.3201

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Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 744.3201.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 744.3201

Total Results: 20

In Re: Amendments to Florida Probate Rules - 2024 Legislation

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2024-09-05T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: subdivision (a)(9) adopted to conform to section 744.3201(2)(d), Florida Statutes. Committee notes revised

THOMAS J. FOSTER, SR. v. CHRISTA RADULOVICH, THE EMERGENCY TEMPORARY GUARDIAN

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2021-09-29T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: to determine incapacity pursuant to sections 744.3201 and 744.331(1), the trial court is required to

In Re: Amendments to the Florida Probate Rules - 2020 Fast-Track Report

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2021-02-17T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: . Advance directives for health care. § 744.3201, Fla. Stat. Petition to determine incapacity. …Considerations in appointment of guardian. § 744.3201, Fla. Stat. Petition to determine incapacity.

In Re: Amendments to the Florida Probate Rules - 2020 Fast-Track Report

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2020-12-30T23:53:00-08:00

In Re: Amendments to the Florida Probate Rules - Guardianship

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2020-09-03T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: -6- § 744.3201, Fla. Stat. Petition to determine incapacity. …Considerations in appointment of guardian. § 744.3201, Fla. Stat. Petition to determine incapacity.

Wallace v. Comprehensive Pers. Care Servs., Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-06-26T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 275 So. 3d 782

Snippet: incapacity. § 744.3201 (emphasis in subsections (d) and (e) added). To comply with section 744.3201, the person…Wallace ("Milton"), pursuant to sections 744.3201 and 744.331, Florida Statutes (2018), informed…determine that a person is incapacitated. Section 744.3201 sets forth the requirements for the filing of …petition to determine incapacity is filed. Section 744.3201 provides in its entirety as follows: Petition …petition to determine incapacity. Under section 744.3201(2)(d), Mark will be required to state in the petition

Wallace v. Comprehensive Pers. Care Servs., Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-06-26T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 275 So. 3d 782

Sarfaty v. in Re: M.S.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-11-01T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: complied with the statutory requirements of section 744.3201, Florida Statutes (2015). The verified …capacity of an alleged incapacitated person, section 744.3201, Florida Statutes (2015), which establishes the…must” and “shall.” For example, section 744.3201(2) states that “[t]he petition must be verified

Sarfaty v. in Re: M.S.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-05-10T00:53:00-07:00

Juan Mendez, Jr., etc. v. Hampton Court Nursing Center, LLC.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2016-09-22T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 203 So. 3d 146, 41 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 394, 2016 Fla. LEXIS 2074

Snippet: father incapacitated and appoint a guardian. See §§ 744.3201, 744.334, Fla. Stat. An appointed guardian would

In Re AMENDMENTS TO the FLORIDA PROBATE RULES

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2016-09-15T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 200 So. 3d 761

Snippet: 744.3085, Fla. Stat. Guardian advocates. § 744.3201, Fla. Stat. Petition to determine incapacity. …Considerations in appointment of guardian. § 744,3201, Fla. Stat. Petition to determine incapacity.

Linde v. Linde

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-09-07T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 199 So. 3d 1102

Snippet: emergency guardianship petition pursuant to section 744.3201 of the Florida Statutes to determine the capacity

In Re AMENDMENTS TO the FLORIDA PROBATE RULES

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2016-09-01T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 199 So. 3d 835, 41 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 358, 2016 Fla. LEXIS 1963, 2016 WL 4586099

Snippet: . § 744.3085, Fla. Stat. Guardian advocates. § 744.3201, Fla. Stat. Petition to determine incapacity. …Fla. Stat. Advance directives for health care. § 744.3201, Fla, Stat, Petition to determine incapacity. …. Considerations in appointment of guardian. § 744.3201. Fla. Stat. Petition to determine incapacity.

Silveira v. Guardianship of Quiroga

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-01-28T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 156 So. 3d 574

Snippet: Digna Lopez (“Ms. Lopez”), as required by section 744.3201(l)(g), Florida Statutes (2013). The petition also

Katke v. Bersche

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2014-11-20T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 161 So. 3d 574

Snippet: the Second Petition, holding that under section 744.3201(1), Florida Statutes, Kardos has standing to file…that are declared to be adversarial. . Section 744.3201(1), Florida Statutes (2014), provides that ‘‘[

Faulkner v. Faulkner

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2011-07-22T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 65 So. 3d 1167

Snippet: petition for incapacity was dismissed. Section 744.3201 sets forth the requirements for a petition to …with the petition to determine incapacity. See § 744.3201(3), Fla. Stat.; see also § 744.3031(1), Fla. Stat

In Re Amendments to the Florida Probate Rules

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2010-09-02T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 50 So. 3d 578

In Re Amend. to Florida Probate Rules

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2008-07-10T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 986 So. 2d 576

Snippet: . § 744.3085, Fla. Stat. Guardian advocates. § 744.3201, Fla. Stat. Petition to determine incapacity. …. § 744.3085, Fla. Stat. Guardian advocates. § 744.3201, Fla. Stat. Petition to determine incapacity. …. § 744.3085, Fla. Stat. Guardian advocates. § 744.3201, Fla. Stat. Petition to determine incapacity. …. § 744.3085, Fla. Stat. Guardian advocates. § 744.3201, Fla. Stat. Petition to determine incapacity.

In Re Amendments to the Fl. Probate Rules

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2007-07-12T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 964 So. 2d 140

Snippet: Final discharge. § 744.106, Fla. Stat. Notice. § 744.3201, Fla. Stat. Petition to determine incapacity.

In Re Amendments to the Florida Probate Rules

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2007-07-05T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 959 So. 2d 1170

Snippet: Notice. § 744.301, Fla. Stat. Natural guardians. § 744.3201, Fla. Stat. Petition to determine incapacity. …Stat. Disability of nonage of minors removed. § 744.3201, Fla. Stat. Petition to determine incapacity.