When an adult becomes incapacitated without having addressed that possibility in an estate plan, even a longtime spouse will be left just as "legally" powerless to make decisions on that person's behalf as the incapacitated person is him or herself. At the law firm of Fred B. Share in Holly Hill, Florida, we understand the problems that this type of situation can create and have been successfully petitioning Florida probate courts to appoint legal guardians over incapacitated persons for more than three decades.