744.374 Payments to guardian.—If there is more than one guardian, either guardian may petition for an order directing the guardian of the property to pay to the guardian of the person periodic amounts for the support, care, maintenance, education, and other needs of the ward if not otherwise provided for in the guardianship plan. The amount may be increased or decreased from time to time. If an order is entered, the receipt of the guardian for payments made shall be a sufficient discharge of the guardian who makes the payments. The guardian shall not be bound to see to the application of the payments.
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...of the person. While there is no petition for appointment of a guardian of the person, [3] the father's request for reimbursement was titled "Petition for Order Authorizing Periodic Payments to Guardian of Person" and was apparently made pursuant to section 744.374, Florida Statutes (1983)....
...e guardian of the person and thus we consider this order as an order of appointment. The fact that no letters of guardianship of the person were issued does not affect the validity of the order appointing the guardian. § 744.313, Fla. Stat. (1983). Section 744.374, Florida Statutes (1983) expressly empowered either the guardian of the person or the guardian of the property to petition for an order determining the proper amount of support to be allocated between the guardianship estate and the natural father....
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