Florida public 8-hour family guardian course reference
Guardianship Program of Dade County$75 live Zoom 8-hour family guardian course
National Course Portal planned 8-hour price is $28.95 single / $39.95 for 2 / $49.95 for 3 after approval.
Florida Guardian Education
Review only - enrollment closed
Florida approval course
Florida Family Guardian Education Course
An 8-hour family/nonprofessional guardian track and 4-hour minor-property track mapped to the F.S. 744.3145(2) topics — legal duties, ward rights, local resources, habilitation and annual reports, inventories, accountings, and use of guardianship assets — with reviewer-visible mastery checks, built to be accepted under each circuit's approval process (for the Sixth Judicial Circuit, AO 2024-025, Section F).
Current status
Prepared for circuit and chief judge review - not yet approved by any Florida judicial circuit
Enrollment, payment, and certificates are closed until a circuit or chief judge approves the provider and course.
Delivery
Review-ready online or live-online packet with English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole 8-hour family guardian and 4-hour minor-property tracks
Approval path
Circuit-by-circuit curriculum submission to court administration, the probate division, or the chief judge's designated process. Sixth Judicial Circuit (Pasco/Pinellas): submit the curriculum to the Administrative Office of the Courts, Probate Division for course approval (AO 2024-025, Section F.1). Eleventh Judicial Circuit: rolling RFQ through the Probate Division Director of Operations.
Planned price
8-hour family guardian (adult ward): $28.95 single, $39.95 for 2 co-guardians, $49.95 for 3 co-guardians. Hardship review available.
4-hour minor-property price
4-hour minor-property guardian (parent of minor): $19.95 single, $29.95 for 2 co-guardian parents. Hardship review available.
Credential need
Approval and instructor requirements are circuit-specific. The Sixth Judicial Circuit (AO 2024-025, Section F) requires an approved family-member guardian course covering the F.S. 744.3145(2) topics, with the curriculum submitted to the Administrative Office of the Courts, Probate Division, and a certificate of completion issued by the course instructor and filed in the guardianship court file. Some circuits, such as the Eleventh, additionally require the instructor to be a Professional Guardian or a guardianship attorney with at least 5 years of practice. Dr. Fadia's MD supports health/capacity credibility; a guardianship attorney or professional guardian co-instructor is added where a circuit requires that credential.
Planned price posture
Planned lowest-price posture after circuit approval
The planned guardian prices are lower than verified public Florida family-guardian provider pricing located during the May 19-20, 2026 review, while keeping enrollment closed until written circuit approval or acceptance is documented.
Florida public 4-hour family guardian course reference
Guardianship Program of Dade County$50 live Zoom 4-hour family guardian course
National Course Portal planned 4-hour online price is $19.95 single / $29.95 for 2 co-guardian parents after approval.
Florida family guardian provider list reference
Florida State Guardianship AssociationProvider list checked May 20, 2026; page emphasizes chief-judge/circuit approval and lists family-guardian providers without a lower visible online price.
National Course Portal remains approval-dependent and will compare only circuit-accepted courses for the same track.
After circuit approval and launch, price-match review is limited to comparable current public Florida guardian certificate courses accepted for the same circuit and track. Checked on 2026-05-19/20 across visible public provider pages and the Florida State Guardianship Association family-guardian provider list. Free court-run, nonprofit, grant-funded, in-person-only, expired, bundled, non-court-ordered CE, lower-looking pages expressly marked as not court ordered, or non-certificate offers are excluded. Hardship review remains available case by case.
Reviewer fit
This page says prepared for review, not Florida approved. Certificates should not issue until a specific circuit approves or accepts the provider.
Florida nonprofessional guardians and guardian-of-minor-property appointees after circuit or chief judge approval.
Authority
F.S. 744.3145 - guardian education requirements
Circuit administrative orders and chief judge course approvals
Required content crosswalk
| Requirement | Where covered |
|---|---|
8-hour family guardian track Most guardians must receive a minimum of 8 hours of instruction and training. | The main track is 480 minutes across eight timed 60-minute modules. |
8-hour topics Legal duties and responsibilities, rights of the ward, availability of local resources, habilitation plans, annual reports, and financial accounting. | Modules 1-8 cover each required topic with lesson text, outcomes, checks, and compliance calendar work. |
4-hour minor-property track Parent guardian of minor-child property must receive 4 hours of instruction and training. | The minor-property track is 240 minutes across four timed 60-minute modules. |
4-hour topics Legal duties and responsibilities of guardian of the property, initial inventory, annual accountings, and use of guardianship assets. | Minor-property Modules 1-4 map directly to those required topics. |
Approval (Sixth Judicial Circuit, AO 2024-025 § F) A non-professional family-member guardian course must cover the F.S. 744.3145(2) topics; a person or organization seeking approval submits the curriculum to the Administrative Office of the Courts, Probate Division. (Statewide, a course must be approved by the chief judge of the circuit, taught by a court-approved organization, or offered by OPPG.) | Both tracks map to the F.S. 744.3145(2)/(3) topics; the reviewer page lists the curriculum packet, the course instructor, the sample certificate, and the circuit-specific local-resource appendix for submission to the AOC Probate Division. |
Certificate of completion (Sixth Judicial Circuit, AO 2024-025 §§ F.1(d), F.3(b)) On completion, the guardian must file a certificate of completion from the course instructor in the guardianship court file. | The certificate is issued by the course instructor of record and is built to be filed in the court file; the sample shows guardian name, track, completion date, provider, instructor, and verification ID. |
Disaster Plan awareness (Sixth Judicial Circuit, AO 2024-025 § E) Each initial guardianship plan must include a Disaster Plan for the ward; a minor child residing with a parent or relative guardian is exempt. | Module 6 (plans, habilitation, and reports) teaches the Sixth Circuit Disaster Plan requirement and the minor-child-with-parent-guardian exemption. |
Instructor qualification (circuit-specific) The Sixth Circuit requires the completion certificate to be issued by the course instructor. Some circuits, such as the Eleventh, additionally require the instructor to be a Professional Guardian or a guardianship attorney with at least 5 years of practice. | A course instructor of record is named; where a circuit requires a 5-year guardianship attorney or professional guardian, that co-instructor is added before that circuit's submission. |
Language access (circuit-specific) Some circuits and RFQs call for materials in English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole; courts also provide interpreter services. | The course is delivered in English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole, with each circuit's court interpreter office referenced for additional language access. |
Completion deadline Appointed guardians must complete the required instruction within 4 months after appointment unless the court waives, modifies, or adds requirements. | The four-month deadline is introduced in Module 1 orientation and reinforced in the final compliance calendar. |
8 hours / 480 minutes
8-hour family / nonprofessional guardian track
Nonprofessional guardians appointed for adults or broader guardianship duties
8 modules
Module 1. Guardian role, court authority, and least restrictive alternatives
Guardianship purpose, court appointment, letters of guardianship, limits of authority, attorney role, and alternatives to guardianship.
60 minutes
Required coverage: Introduces legal duties and responsibilities of the guardian, the rights context for the ward, and the four-month post-appointment education deadline.
Module 2. Legal duties, fiduciary standards, and prohibited conduct
Guardian duties, fiduciary loyalty, conflict avoidance, recordkeeping, court approval, and boundaries around gifts, borrowing, and self-dealing.
60 minutes
Required coverage: Covers legal duties and responsibilities of the guardian.
Module 3. Rights of the ward, dignity, participation, and communication
Ward rights, retained rights, dignity, privacy, communication access, visitation, decision participation, and respectful support.
60 minutes
Required coverage: Covers rights of the ward.
Module 4. Care planning, health context, capacity, and local resources
Health-system navigation, capacity as decision-specific, care teams, benefits, housing, transportation, crisis resources, and local support mapping.
60 minutes
Required coverage: Covers availability of local resources to aid the ward and supports annual care planning.
Module 5. Property, inventory, budgets, restricted accounts, and asset protection
Guardian-of-property duties, initial inventory, safeguarding assets, budgets, insurance, benefits, taxes, and restricted-account controls.
60 minutes
Required coverage: Covers financial accounting for ward property and guardian-of-property legal duties.
Module 6. Annual plans, habilitation plans, reports, and accountings
Annual guardianship plans, habilitation plans, care updates, annual reports, accountings, deadlines, and documentation.
60 minutes
Required coverage: Covers preparation of habilitation plans and annual guardianship reports, including financial accounting for ward property.
Module 7. Emergencies, changes, ethics, termination, and restoration
Emergency decision-making, changes in residence or condition, ethical boundaries, restoration of rights, resignation, successor guardians, and case closure.
60 minutes
Required coverage: Extends legal duties and rights-of-ward coverage with practical lifecycle decisions.
Module 8. Final review, court filing, certificate, and ongoing compliance
Course review, completion attestation, certificate handling, court filing instructions, ongoing education habits, and support resources.
60 minutes
Required coverage: Confirms completion of the 8-hour family guardian education track and reinforces all statutory topic areas.
4 hours / 240 minutes
4-hour guardian of minor-child property track
Parents appointed guardian of the property of a minor child
4 modules
Minor-property Module 1. Court role and guardian-of-property duties
Appointment for minor-child property, letters of guardianship, fiduciary duty, attorney/court communication, and scope limits.
60 minutes
Required coverage: Covers legal duties and responsibilities of the guardian of the property.
Minor-property Module 2. Initial inventory and safeguarding assets
Initial inventory, asset sources, bank controls, settlement or inheritance proceeds, insurance, documentation, and restricted depository rules.
60 minutes
Required coverage: Covers initial inventory.
Minor-property Module 3. Annual accounting and use of guardianship assets
Annual accounting, income, expenses, receipts, permissible spending, court approval, and child-benefit decision-making.
60 minutes
Required coverage: Covers annual guardianship accountings and use of guardianship assets.
Minor-property Module 4. Completion review, certificate, and ongoing duties
Final review, certificate handling, deadlines, communication with attorney or clerk, and planning through the child's majority or court discharge.
60 minutes
Required coverage: Closes the 4-hour minor-property track and reinforces all required minor-property topics.