Florida Senate - 2006                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 472
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11  The Committee on Children and Families (Rich) recommended the
12  following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment 
15         On page 34, lines 12-22, delete those lines
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18         (20)(b)  Upon a showing that removal of the current
19  guardian is in the best interest of the ward. In determining
20  whether a guardian who is related by blood or marriage to the
21  ward is to be removed, there shall be a rebuttable presumption
22  that the guardian is acting in the best interests of the ward,
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24  the court may remove the current guardian and appoint the
25  petitioner, or such person as the court deems in the best
26  interest of the ward, either as guardian of the person or of
27  the property, or both.
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