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12 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 2009-4.
Fourth Judicial Circuit (Duval, Clay, Nassau). Administrative orders change without notice; the circuit's own order controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
• 2009,-4, must be amended to update section (3) regarding the compensation for services and to update the names of the current members of the Examining Committee; - WHEREAS, section" 744.331 (3)(a), Florida Statutes, requires the Court to appoint an Examining Committee for examination of allegedly incapacitated persons upon the filing of a petition to detennine incapacity and a petition for the appointment of a guardian; • (2) That upon the filing of a Petition to Determine Incapacity, the Court shall appoint an Examining Committee from the following list consisting of all individuals available to serve on the Examining Committee for Nassau Cotmty, Florida, according to section 744.331, Florida Statutes: • (4) That each member of the Examining Committee shall independently sign and file a separate comprehensive, written report with the Court as required by section 744.331 (3)(t), Florida Statutes; • (5) That in cases where the ward has been determined not to be indigent and the Examining Committee finds the ward is not incapacitated, the case will be dismissed, and the Court shall order the Petitioner to pay the court costs, Examining Committee’s fees, and such other fees and costs as the Court deems appropriate, regardless of whether the Petition to Determine Incapacity had been filed in bad faith. • (9) That unless and until payments have been made to the Examining Committee and to the ward’s attorney, the Court shall disapprove the one-year accounting and may take any other action as the Court may deem appropriate, including a finding of contempt of court and/or imposing sanctions, attomey’s fees and costs, personally upon the Guardian, which shall not be paid out of the ward’s estate. • (10) That, pursuant to section 744.365(1), Florida Statutes, a guardian of the property shall file a verified Inventory of the ward’s property for auditing the inventory. • (11) That, pursuant to section 744.3678(1), Florida Statutes, the Guardian of the property must file an annual accounting with the Court. • Also, as authorized by section 744.3 678(4), Florida Statutes, upon filing the annual financial retum, for the auditing of the retum, the Guardian shall pay from the ward’s estate to the Clerk of the Circuit Court, a fee based upon the following graduated fee schedule: • (a) for estates with a value of $25,000.00 or less, the fee shall be $20.00; • (b) for estates with a value of more than $25,000.00 up to and including $100,000.00, the fee shall be $85.00; • (c) for estates with a value of more than $100,000.00 up to and including $500,000.00, the fee shall be $170.00; and (d) for estates with a value exceeding $500,000.00, the fee shall be $250.00. • (12) That when the Court terminates the guardianship, the-Guardian shall promptly file the final report according to section 744.527, Florida Statutes, and pay from the ward’s estate a fee to the Clerk of the Circuit Court to cover the cost of auditing as set forth in the graduated fee for the annual accounting in the preceding paragraph.
2009,-4, must be amended to update section (3) regarding the compensation for services and to update the names of the current members of the Examining Committee; - WHEREAS, section" 744.331 (3)(a), Florida Statutes, requires the Court to appoint an Examining Committee for examination of allegedly incapacitated persons upon the filing of a petition to detennine incapacity and a petition for the appointment of a guardian;
Reviewer note: Composed from the clerk's own bytes during the 4th's ledger close 2026-08-03 (sha256 4884c6d4fbc3db20…). Verbatim from the order, captured live 2026-08-03 from the Duval Clerk's store; whitespace normalised only. [moved from the text 2026-09-14]
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