COVEY v. SHAFFER

Case No. 2D18-3084.

277 So.3d 694 (2019)

Beulah COVEY, Appellant, v. Linda SHAFFER and Phyllis Covey, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Opinion filed July 3, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew A. Linde of Cody & Linde, PLLC, Fort Myers; Robin D. Merriman II of Aloia, Roland, Lubell & Morgan, PLLC, Fort Myers; and Philip V. Howard and Lance M. McKinney of Osterhout & McKinney, P.A., Fort Myers, for Appellant.

Jeffry S. Perlow , Naples, for Appellee Linda Shaffer.

Alvaro C. Sanchez of Burandt, Adamski, Feichthaler & Sanchez, PLLC, Naples, for Appellee Phyllis Covey.


The circuit court granted Linda Shaffer's petition to appoint an emergency temporary guardian for Beulah Covey. Covey challenges the order on several grounds, but we address only her assertion that the court erred in granting the petition without a hearing. We agree and reverse.

Background

On June 27, 2018, Shaffer...

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