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Pursuant to Florida
Statute § 744.702, the legislature finds that private
guardianship is inadequate where there is no willing and
responsible family member or friend, other person, bank, or
corporation available to serve as guardian for an incapacitated
person, and such person does not have adequate income or wealth
for the compensation of a private guardian.
The Legislature intends through this act
to establish the Statewide Public Guardianship Office, and
permit the establishment of offices of public guardian for the
purpose of providing guardianship services for incapacitated
persons when no private guardian is available.
The Legislature further finds that
alternatives to guardianship and less intrusive means of
assistance should always be explored, including, but not limited
to, guardian advocates, before an individual's rights are
removed through an adjudication of incapacity. The purpose of
this legislation is to provide a public guardian only to those
persons whose needs cannot be met through less drastic means of
intervention.
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