Court Opinion

ID: 7505447
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-29 04:30:45.47225+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:23:19.729265
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NESBITT, Judge
(specially concurring).
I concur in the denial of certiorari upon a different ground.
The Florida Guardianship Law does not grant a creditor standing to petition a probate court for the settlement of a claim against the estate of a ward. A petition to settle a claim by or against a ward may be brought only by petition of the guardian of the property pursuant to Section 744.387(1), Florida Statutes (1979), or the natural guardian of a minor pursuant to Section 744.387(2), Florida Statutes (1979). Consequently, the hospital had no standing to file the petition and the probate court properly dismissed it.