Opinion
Case No. 97-1900
Opinion filed November 19, 1997
Petition for Writ of Certiorari — Original Jurisdiction.
Larry J. Feinstein and Christine Duignan of Johnson, Anselmo, Murdoch, Burke George, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for Petitioners.
Gerald A. Rosenthal of Rosenthal Weissman, P.A., West Palm Beach, and Randy D. Ellison, West Palm Beach, for Respondent.
The judge of compensation claims was without jurisdiction to enter an order appointing claimant's wife as his guardian, or even to request such an appointment, before the filing of a claim. § 440.17, Fla. Stat. (1995). We therefore grant the petition for certiorari and quash the order appointing a guardian.
BARFIELD, C.J., KAHN and BENTON, JJ., CONCUR.