{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-744.454","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 744.454","heading":"Guardian forbidden to borrow or purchase; exceptions.","body":"A professional guardian may not purchase property or borrow money from his or her ward. A guardian who is not a professional guardian may do so if:\n(1) A court by written order authorizes the sale or loan after a hearing to which interested persons were given notice; or\n(2) The property is sold at public sale and the guardian is a spouse, parent, child, brother, or sister of the ward or a cotenant of the ward in the property to be sold.\nHistory.—s. 1, ch. 74-106; ss. 24, 26, ch. 75-222; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 78, ch. 89-96; s. 2, ch. 96-184; s. 12, ch. 96-354; s. 1787, ch. 97-102; s. 5, ch. 97-161.","path":["CHAPTER 744 GUARDIANSHIP"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026URL=0700-0799/0744/0744.html","current_through":"2026 Florida Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:13:43Z","sha256":"ed449fb22acb14bc99f9cf9a08154f8071ba76d67d80acca73f7635b4538772d","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-744.451","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-744.457"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}