A guardianship task force created by the Florida Court Clerks & Comptrollers has been criticized by one of its members as too rushed and having insufficient representation.

Gina Rossi-Scheiman, executive director of the Florida State Guardianship Association which represents professional guardians, sent a letter on August 18 to Pinellas Clerk of Court Ken Burke, who chairs the FCCC’s Guardianship Improvement Task Force, outlining the association’s concerns.

The task force met the following day and Burke in a brief statement at the beginning of the meeting welcomed Rossi-Scheiman’s comments and defended the task force’s operations.