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THE FLA. BAR RE AMEND. TO FLA. RULES, ETC.

No. 62147.

450 So.2d 810 (1983)

THE FLORIDA BAR RE AMENDMENT TO FLORIDA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE (DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE).

Supreme Court of Florida.

Extension of Effective Date February 17, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William O.E. Henry, President, Lakeland, Gerald F. Richman, President-elect, Miami, John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, Tallahassee, Frank D. Newman, Jr., Chairman, Legislation Committee, Miami, and Rayford H. Taylor, Legislative Staff Counsel, Tallahassee, for The Florida Bar, petitioner.

Wilfred C. Varn, Chairman, Tallahassee, and Henry P. Trawick, Jr., Sarasota, for Civil Procedure Rules Committee, Nancy Y. Smith of Brinson, Smith, Heller & Smith, Kissimmee, for Practice Section of The Florida Bar, and Stephen W. Sessums, Chairman, Tampa, for the Family Law Section of The Florida Bar, responding to proposed amendment.

OVERTON, Justice.

The Florida Bar has petitioned this Court to amend Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.611 (Dissolution of Marriage) to provide a simplified procedure by which dissolution of a marriage of short duration can be obtained by the parties without their having to employ private counsel. This proposed rule amendment has been submitted in response to this Court's direction that the Bar study the legal needs of Florida citizens and recommend ways of providing...

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