POTEAT v. GUARDIANSHIP OF POTEAT

Nos. 4D99-2667, 4D99-3347, 4D99-3350.

771 So.2d 569 (2000)

Willie Florence POTEAT, Guy Edward Poteat and Ann Poteat Wade, Appellants, v. GUARDIANSHIP OF Willie Florence POTEAT, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied December 8, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert F. Tellechea and Stacey L. Cole of Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, P.A., Orlando, and Barbara B. Power of Begosian & Power, Chartered, Vero Beach, for Appellant-Willie Florence Poteat.

Louis B. Vocelle, Jr. of Clem, Polackwich & Vocelle, Vero Beach, for Appellants-Guy Edward Poteat and Ann Poteat Wade.

Eric C. Barkett of Jackson & Barkett, Vero Beach, for appellee.


KLEIN, J.

These appeals question whether there was clear and convincing evidence that an elderly woman, Willie Florence Poteat, is partially incapacitated and whether the appointment of her granddaughter as a limited guardian was improper because of conflicts of interest. We affirm.

Mrs. Poteat, who is eighty-five years old, had a stroke in 1995, resulting in a condition known as aphasia, which affected her ability to speak. She and her husband, who died in...

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