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Lisa LEVY, Appellant, v. In re GUARDIANSHIP OF Jacob LEVY, Appellee.
    No. 4D02-3240.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
    Dec. 17, 2003.
    Paul Aiello of Bennett Aiello Henry & McGuinness, LLP, Miami, for appellant.
    Ellen M. Gibbs, Chief Legal Counsel, and Deborah Guller, Assistant Chief Legal Counsel, Department of Children & Families, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.
   PER CURIAM.

Lisa Levy appeals the circuit court order denying her petition to be the guardian for her adult autistic son. Levy filed her petition on November 2, 2000. Section 744.309(3), Florida Statutes (2000), which was amended in 2000, applies to the petition. Contrary to the circuit court’s ruling, the provisions of that statute do not automatically preclude Levy from serving as a guardian, because her son was not a “child” within the meaning of section 39.01(12), Florida Statutes (2000) at the time of a July 1992 incident. On remand, the court shall consider the totality of the circumstances to decide whether Levy is “otherwise unsuitable to perform the duties of a guardian.” § 744.309(3), Fla. Stat. (2000).

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

WARNER, GROSS and HAZOURI, JJ., concur.