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30 verbatim requirements from Fourth Circuit administrative order 1989-20 (a further document filed under the same order number).
Fourth Judicial Circuit (Duval). Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from Fourth Circuit administrative order 1989-20 as published by the Duval County Clerk, harvested 2026-07-26; whitespace normalised only. • That, in implementing the amended Florida Statute § 744.331, it is ordered that certain court procedures shall be as set forth herein. • Court shall appoint an examining committee as required by Florida Statute sections 744.33l(3)(a) d 7 -b 1996. ak: ae.55 an ()(a)()( ) Pg: 547 - 561 • That the members of the examining committee shall be awarded the following compensation in payment of services rendered and for preparing the required reports: -$150.00 to each of the two examining committee members who are health care professionals; and gl -$l00.00 to the layperson member, lg -or such other reasonable fees as the Court may find appropriate under the circumstances. *6 3 6. • That, if the examining committee finds the ward incapacitated, the Court must hold a hearing and detennine incapacity, and if the ward is determined to be incapacitated, then the Court must also appoint a Guardian and enter an Order Providing Notice of Payment Schedule and • Payment Responsibilities (incorporated herein and attached as Attachment B); that, on the other hand, if the Court determines that the ward is not incapacitated, and the case is dismissed alter the examining committee has already provided services on the case, the Court shall order the City to pay the fees unless the Court determines that the Petition was filed in bad faith, in which case the • Petitioner shall be ordered to pay the fees pursuant to Florida Statute § 744.331(7)(c). • That no later than ten (10) days after filing the Inventory, the Guardian shall either (a) pay fees to the examining committee from the property of the ward or (b) file an Affidavit of the Ward’s • To assist in the efficient judicial and clerical administration ofduties, it is further ordered that the original Inventory and the original Affidavit must both be filed by the Guardian in the • Guardianshqp court file; furthermore, the Guardian shall file a copy of the Afhdavit in the Mental • That the City may contest the Guardian’s Affidavit of the Ward’s Indigency by setting a hearing no later than thirty (30) days alter the Affidavit is served; furthermore, that the Guardian shall have the burden of proving the ward’s indigency and inability to pay the fees. §744.331(7)(b), • Should the City not contest the Affidavit within thirty (30) days, or if the Court determines that the ward is indigent, the City shall pay all fees to the examining committee and to • Nevertheless, such amount shall be at a rate of no more than $125 per ; hour above the flat $300.00. § 10. • That, upon completion of work performed by the ward’s attomey after the Inventory is filed, such attomey shall file a Petition for Payment. • The Petition must specifically document the work performed any time the attomey petitions the Court for more than the standard flat rate of $300.00. • All Petitions for Payment and Notices of Hearing must be served on the City. • That, no later than thirty (30) days after the Court enters an Order granting the Petition for Payment filed by the ward’s attomey, payment to the ward’s attomey must be made by the • That, unless and until payments have been made to the examining committee and to the ward’s attomey in accordance with this Order, the Court shall disapprove the one year accounting and take such other action as the Court may deem appropriate. • That, pursuant to § 744.365(l), Florida Statutes (1990), a guardian of the property shall file a verified Inventory of the ward's property. • Where the value of the ward's property exceeds $25,000, a Guardian shall pay from the ward's property to the Clerk of the Circuit Court a fee of $50, • Q waived for a ward, the audit fee must be paid from the general fund of the Consolidated City of • An audit fee may not be charged to any ward whose property has g a value of $25,000 or less. • In such case, the audit fee must be paid from the general fund of the • That, pursuant to § 744.3678(1), Florida Statutes (1990), the Guardian of the property must file an annual accounting with the Court. • 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 or less, the fee shall be $10; • (b) for estates with a value of more than $25,000 up to and including $100,000, the fee shall be $50; • (c) for estates with a value of more than $100,000 up to and including $500,000, the fee shall be $100; and (d) for estates with a value in excess of $500,000, the fee shall be $150. • Upon such waiver, the Clerk of the Circuit Court shall bill the Consolidated City of Jacksonville for the auditing fee, for guardianship proceedings conducted in Duval County, and from the general lirnd of Nassau or Clay County, for guardianship proceedings conducted in those respective counties. • That, pursuant to § 744.527, Florida Statutes (1990), when the Court terminates the guardianship, the Guardian shall promptly file the final report. • The Guardian shall be required to pay from the ward's estate a fee to the Clerk of the Circuit Court upon the filing of the final report to cover the cost of auditing.
That, in implementing the amended Florida Statute § 744.331, it is ordered that certain court procedures shall be as set forth herein.
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: c4f043cc17184e4389c3cc98f80a3ed5dd0b91b894a36f6b175fe6e576c2ab32. Extracted from the order's own text layer. One of several documents the Clerk publishes under order number 1989-20.
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