Lawyers in Florida are being warned of a “crisis” of legal guardianship as they seek to secure legal guardianships for thousands of families that have lost their homes to foreclosure.In the wake of the collapse of the banks, which brought on an unprecedented wave of foreclosures, more than half of Florida’s nearly 8,000 guardianships have…
Florida is among the top states in terms of fatalities, but that’s not enough to prevent the state from having a very dangerous guardianship system.A recent study from the Washington Post found that Florida is the second-most dangerous state for guardianships, with nearly a quarter of all guardianship cases in the state resulting in a…
A Florida woman is suing her ex-husband for custody of their 3-year-old son because the child’s father has died, the Associated Press reported on Thursday.Shannon Sargent filed suit against her former husband, Robert Sargents, in U.S. District Court in Tampa in October and filed the lawsuit Thursday after the ex-boyfriend refused to take responsibility for…