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15 verbatim requirements from Fourth Circuit administrative order 2009-03 (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 2009-03 as published by the Duval County Clerk, harvested 2026-07-26; whitespace normalised only. • WHEREAS, Administrative Order 86-20, which was entered on July 10, 1986, must be updated to expand the list of individuals qualified pursuant to § 744.33 1 (3)(a), Florida Statutes, who are currently available in this County to serve as members ofthe Examining Committee; • WHEREAS, § 744.3 3 l (3)(a), Florida Statutes requires that such examining committee must consist of three members, one of which must be a psychiatrist or other physician, while the "remaining members must be either a psychologist, gerontologist, another psychiatrist, or other physician, a registered nurse, nurse practitioner, licensed social worker, a person with an advanced degree in gerontology from an accredited institution of higher education, or other person who by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education may, in the COUITIS discretion, advise the court in the form of an expert opinion;" • WHEREAS, § 744.33l(3)(a), Florida Statutes requires that “[o]ne of three members ofthe committee must have knowledge ofthe type of incapacity alleged in the petition." • Administrative Order 89-20, entered on June 20, 1997. 3) That upon the tiling of a Petition to Determine Incapacity, the Court shall appoint an examining committee from the following list, which shall consist of all individuals available to serve on the Examining Committee for Duval County, Florida, in accordance with Florida Statutes § 744.331 : • Yulee, FL 32097 4) That the members of the Examining Committee shall be awarded the following compensation for appointment as payment for services rendered and for any and all reports prepared and tiled with the Court in each case, after the date of this Order: a) fees in the amount of $250.00 per case, paid to each psychiatrist, physician and psychologist serving on the Examining Committee; and b) fees in the amount of $175.00 per case, paid to each of the other individuals serving on the Examining Committee. 3 -- 3 of 6 -- • OR BK 14926 PAGE 1360 5) That each member of the Examining Committee shall independently sign and file a separate comprehensive, written report with the Court as required by Florida Statute § 744.3 3 l(3)(f); 6) 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. • Committee shall be paid in full by the Guardian from the property of the ward within ten (10) days from the date that the Guardian is appointed. 9) That neither the Guardian nor the Guardian’s attorney may be awarded fees for services provided unless and until payment in full is made to the Examining Committee as well as to the ward’s attorney. 10) 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, attomeys fee’s and costs, personally upon the Guardian (which shall not be paid out ofthe ward’s estate). l l) That, pursuant to § 744.365(l), Florida Statutes, a guardian of the property shall file a verified Inventory of the ward’s property for auditing the inventory. • Stat. § 744.365(6). 12) That, pursuant to § 744.3678(l), Florida Statutes, the Guardian ofthe property must file an annual accounting with the Court. • Also, as authorized by § 744.3678(4), Florida Statutcs, upon filing the annual financial return for the auditing of the retum, the Guardian shall pay from the ward’s estate to the Clerk of the Circuit Court, a fcc based upon the following graduated fcc schedule: • (a) for estates with a valuc of $25,000 or less, the fcc shall be $20.00; • (b) for cstatcs with a valuc of more than $25,000 up to and including $100,000, the fcc shall be $85.00; • (c) for estates with a value of more than $100,000 up to and including $500,000, the fcc shall be $170.00; and (d) for estates with a valuc exceeding $500,000, the fcc shall be $250.00. • Such fees may be waived and upon petition bythe Guardian and a propcr showing of insufficient funds inthe ward’s estate, in accordance with § 744.3678(4), Florida Statutes. 13) That when the Court terminates the guardianship, the Guardian shall promptly file the final report in accordance with Florida Statutes § 744.527 and pay from the ward’s estate a fcc to the • Clerk ofthe Circuit Court to cover the cost of auditing as set forth inthe graduated fcc for the annual accounting in the preceding paragraph. 14) That this Administrative Order shall take effect immediately and remain in full force and effect unless and until otherwise ordered by this Court. 15) That this Administrative Order shall be recorded in the Official Records of Duval
WHEREAS, Administrative Order 86-20, which was entered on July 10, 1986, must be updated to expand the list of individuals qualified pursuant to § 744.33 1 (3)(a), Florida Statutes, who are currently available in this County to serve as members ofthe Examining Committee;
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: fe7b082b6fa9071025009cc4263f60493af3d2a201e01c1dc19fbc56a719ea02. Extracted from the order's own text layer. One of several documents the Clerk publishes under order number 2009-03.
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