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

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
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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).
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