Legal Question in Health Care Law in Florida

Adult children of married parents

Can an adult child come in and have a father declaried incompintent to handle his own affairs when he has a wife to handle them. The wife is not the mother of this child. Could she have both of the declaired?


Asked on 4/23/09, 8:32 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Alan Wagner Wagner, McLaughlin & Whittemore P.A.

Re: Adult children of married parents

Someone can be declared incompetent by the process set forth in the law. If the husband is incompetent, but the wife is not, I see no reason why the court would not appoint the wife to manage the affairs of her husband. There is probably a legal presumption to that effect.

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Answered on 4/23/09, 8:54 am


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