Florida Statutes
Fla. Stat. § 744.517 (2025)
Proceedings for contempt.
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744.517 Proceedings for contempt.—If a removed guardian of the property fails to file a true, complete, and final accounting of his or her guardianship; to turn over to his or her successor or to the ward all the property of his or her ward and copies of all records that are in his or her control and that concern the ward; or to pay over to the successor guardian of the property or to the ward all money due the ward by him or her, the court shall issue a show cause order. If cause is shown for the default, the court shall set a reasonable time within which to comply, and, on failure to comply with this or any subsequent order, the removed guardian may be held in contempt. Proceedings for contempt may be instituted by the court, by any interested person, including the ward, or by a successor guardian.
History.—s. 1, ch. 74-106; ss. 21, 26, ch. 75-222; s. 88, ch. 89-96; s. 62, ch. 90-271; s. 1109, ch. 97-102.
Note.—Created from former ss. 746.07, 746.08.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10
cases, 1984–2008 · leading case: Amend. to Rules of App. Proc., Civ. Proc., 887 So. 2d 1090 (Fla. 2004).
Amend. to Rules of App. Proc., Civ. Proc., 887 So. 2d 1090 (Fla. 2004). “§ 744.517, Fla. Stat. Proceedings for contempt.”
Florida Bar, 537 So. 2d 500 (Fla. 1988). “F.S. 744.517 Proceedings for commitment. F.”
In Re Amendments to the Florida Prob. Rules, 584 So. 2d 964 (Fla. 1991). “§ 744.517, Fla. Stat. Proceedings for contempt.”
Amendments to the Florida Prob. Rules, 848 So. 2d 1069 (Fla. 2003). “§ 744.517, Fla. Stat. Proceedings for contempt.”
Florida Bar re Amendment to Rules, 458 So. 2d 1079 (Fla. 1984). “F.S. 744.517 Proceedings for commitment. F.”
In Re Amend. to Florida Prob. Rules, 986 So. 2d 576 (Fla. 2008). “§ 744.517, Fla. Stat. Proceedings for contempt.”
Wright v. State, Dep't of Health & Rehabilitative Servs., 668 So. 2d 661 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996). “Section 744.517, Florida Statutes, provides for contempt proceedings where a guardian fails to file a true, complete and final accounting.”
In re Amendments to the Florida Prob. Rules, 607 So. 2d 1306 (Fla. 1992). “§ 744.517, Fla.Stat. Proceedings for contempt.”
In re Amendments to the Florida Prob. Rules, 948 So. 2d 735 (Fla. 2007). “§ 744.517, Fla. Stat. Proceedings for contempt.”
Florida Bar, 531 So. 2d 1261 (Fla. 1988). “F.S. 744.517 Proceedings for commitment. F.”
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