IN RE GUARDIANSHIP OF RAWL

No. 2D12-5373.

133 So.3d 1179 (2014)

In re GUARDIANSHIP OF Carol Padlina RAWL, an incapacitated person, Lance M. McKinney, Appellant, v. Gregory R. Rawl, as Guardian of the Property of Carol Padlina Rawl, an incapacitated person, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 7, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stacy L. Sherman of Stacy L. Sherman, P.A. , Fort Myers, for Appellant.

Robert L. Donald of Law Office of Robert L. Donald, Fort Myers , and Kenneth E. Kemp, II , of Patrone & Kemp, P.A., Fort Myers, for Appellee.


SILBERMAN, Judge.

Lance M. McKinney, an attorney who represented the ward in a guardianship proceeding, seeks review of the final order awarding him a reduced amount of attorney's fees and charging him with costs. We reverse because the trial court's finding that McKinney's services did not benefit the Ward is not supported by competent, substantial evidence.

In May 2011, Gregory R. Rawl filed a petition for appointment of guardian based on the alleged incapacity...

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