BETTY M. MORTENSON v. NANY O. MORTENSON-VIVAS
BETTY M. MORTENSON v. NANY O. MORTENSON-VIVAS
Opinion
Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida Opinion filed June 9, 2021.
Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
________________ No. 3D20-1308 Lower Tribunal No. 20-3165 ________________
Betty M. Mortenson, Appellant, vs. Nany O. Mortenson-Vivas, Appellee.
An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Jorge E.
Cueto, Judge.
Buchbinder & Elegant, P.A., and Harris J. Buchbinder, for appellant.
Luis E. Barreto & Assoc. P.A., and Luis E. Barreto; Billbrough & Marks, P.A., and G. Bart Billbrough, for appellee.
Before EMAS, C.J., and LOGUE and SCALES, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Fla. Stat. § 744.331(6)(b) (2020) (“A guardian may not be appointed if the court finds there is an alternative to guardianship which will sufficiently address the problems of the incapacitated person.”); Adelman v. Elfenbein, 174 So. 3d 516, 518 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015) (“Upon a finding of incapacity, the court is required to either appoint a guardian or find that there is an alternative to guardianship. If there is an alternative to guardianship, the court is prohibited from appointing a guardian.”) (emphasis in original) (citations omitted).
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