Case Name: In re Sherry KLOSTER, Incompetent. Sherry KLOSTER, Appellant, v. Nicholas CASTORINA, as Guardian of the Person of Sherry Kloster, Incompetent, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1988-06-07
Citations: 526 So. 2d 196
Docket Number: No. 88-848
Parties: In re Sherry KLOSTER, Incompetent. Sherry KLOSTER, Appellant, v. Nicholas CASTORINA, as Guardian of the Person of Sherry Kloster, Incompetent, Appellee.
Judges: Before NESBITT, DANIEL S. PEARSON and JORGENSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 526
Pages: 196–197

Head Matter:
In re Sherry KLOSTER, Incompetent. Sherry KLOSTER, Appellant, v. Nicholas CASTORINA, as Guardian of the Person of Sherry Kloster, Incompetent, Appellee.
No. 88-848.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
June 7, 1988.
Levine, Busch, Schnepper & Stein, P.A., and Barry A. Stein, Miami, for appellant.
Holden & Holden, P.A., and Francis E. Holden, Jr., Hialeah, for appellee.
Before NESBITT, DANIEL S. PEARSON and JORGENSON, JJ.

Opinion:
JORGENSON, Judge.
Sherry Kloster appeals from an order of the trial court adjudicating her incompetent by reason of her paraplegia. Kloster contends, and we agree, that the trial court's refusal to hear testimony from two expert witnesses concerning Kloster's physical ability to take care of herself constituted a denial of due process. We, therefore, vacate the order imposing a guardianship and remand for further proceedings.
Reversed and remanded.
. We recognize that an individual who suffers from a lifelong illness or injury such as that involved here is subject to the draconian proposition of being forever barred from managing her own affairs. Because we reverse on other grounds we explicitly do not reach the question whether the evidence presented thus far is sufficiently clear and convincing to impose a guardianship.
. Our remand is without prejudice to Kloster to develop further her argument concerning the guardianship statute's facial validity with respect to physical incompetence. All parties concede that Kloster is mentally competent.