SAUNDERS v. BUTLER

Case No. 2D11-4786.

JEANNE SAUNDERS and GEORGE SAUNDERS, Appellants, v. M. ASHLEY BUTLER, PH.D., as Guardian of Claudine B. O'Connor; RICHARD S. SCOLARO; MICHAEL MULLARNEY; SCOLARO, SHULMAN, COHEN, FETTER & BURSTEIN, P.C.; LUTHERAN SERVICES FLORIDA, INC., as Emergency Temporary Guardian of Thomas F. O'Connor; and ERNIE C. LISCH, as Guardian of the Property of Thomas F. O'Connor, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Opinion filed February 13, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Waskom of Icard, Merrill, Cullis, Timm, Furen & Ginsburg, P.A., Sarasota, for Appellant Jeanne Saunders.

Alfred J. Bennington, Jr. and David J. Markese of Shutts & Bowen, LLP, Orlando, for Appellant George Saunders.

Kimberly A. Bald and Brian L. Trimyer of Harllee & Bald, P.A. Bradenton, and Erika Dine of Dine Law, P.L., Sarasota, for Appellee M. Ashley Butler, Ph.D., as Guardian of Claudine B. O'Connor.

No appearance for remaining Appellees.


DAVIS, Judge.

Jeanne Saunders is the daughter of Thomas F. O'Connor and the stepdaughter of Claudine B. O'Connor. She and her husband, George Saunders, challenge the trial court's order granting M. Ashley Butler, Ph.D., as guardian of Claudine B. O'Connor, a temporary injunction in the declaratory action filed by Ms. Butler against the Saunderses and several other named defendants.1

Thomas and Claudine O'Connor married in 1998...

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