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IN RE SEPE

Nos. 81-2123, 81-2613.

421 So.2d 27 (1982)

In re Anthony C. SEPE. Eugenia DOUGLASS, Appellant, v. Anthony C. SEPE and Ruth DiPietro, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

October 19, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bailey & Dawes and Henry J. Whelchel, Miami, for appellant.

Richard Touby, Miami, for appellees.

Before NESBITT, BASKIN and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

The trial court adjudicated Anthony C. Sepe physically incompetent. The central issue on this appeal is whether the trial court, having adjudicated Anthony C. Sepe physically incompetent, erred in failing to appoint a guardian of the person. The appellant, the only child of the 87-year-old Mr. Sepe, urges that such an appointment is mandatory. We agree.

Section 744.331(9), Florida Statutes (1981), provides:

"When a person is adjudicated...

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