BETTY M. MORTENSON v. NANY O. MORTENSON-VIVAS

• Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida
• Decided: June 9, 2021
• Docket: 20-1308
• Status: Published

Opinion

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed June 9, 2021. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D20-1308 Lower Tribunal No. 20-3165 ________________

Betty M. Mortenson, Appellant,

vs.

Nany O. Mortenson-Vivas, Appellee.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Jorge E. Cueto, Judge.

Buchbinder & Elegant, P.A., and Harris J. Buchbinder, for appellant.

Luis E. Barreto & Assoc. P.A., and Luis E. Barreto; Billbrough & Marks, P.A., and G. Bart Billbrough, for appellee.

Before EMAS, C.J., and LOGUE and SCALES, JJ.

PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See Fla. Stat. § 744.331(6)(b) (2020) (“A guardian may not

be appointed if the court finds there is an alternative to guardianship which

will sufficiently address the problems of the incapacitated person.”); Adelman

v. Elfenbein, 174 So. 3d 516, 518 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015) (“Upon a finding of

incapacity, the court is required to either appoint a guardian or find that there

is an alternative to guardianship. If there is an alternative to guardianship,

the court is prohibited from appointing a guardian.”) (emphasis in original)

(citations omitted).