BUTLER v. GUARDIANSHIP OF PEACOCK

No. 5D04-15.

898 So.2d 1139 (2005)

Joyce BUTLER, Appellant, v. GUARDIANSHIP OF Mallie S. PEACOCK, et al, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

April 1, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Landt of Landt and Landt, Ocala, for Appellant.

Marty Smith of Bond, Arnett, Phelan, Smith & Craggs, P.A., Ocala, for Appellees Alfred B. Peacock, III, Gary Peacock and Bonnie Peacock.

Albert J. Vidal of Vidal & Midgett, LLP, Ocala, for Appellee the Plenary Guardian of Person and Property of Mallie S. Peacock.


PALMER, J.

Joyce Butler appeals the trial court's order awarding her only a portion of the attorney's fees and costs incurred by her in this guardianship action. Finding no abuse of discretion by the trial court, we affirm.

Butler initiated this action by filing a petition to determine incapacity, a petition for appointment of a plenary guardian, and an application for appointment as the guardian for her mother, Mallie S. Peacock. The petitions were premised...

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