IN RE AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULES OF JUVENILE PROCEDURE

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Katherine Wimsett, Chair, Gainesville, Florida, Alan Abramowitz, Past-Chair, Orlando, Florida, Juvenile Court Rules Committee, John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Florida, for Petitioner.

Honorable Robert J. Jones, General Magistrate, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, Florida; Joyce Sibson Dove, Esquire, James V. Cook, Esquire, George Drumming, Esquire, Susan Barber, Esquire, Janet Schaffer, Esquire, Catherine Healey, Esquire, and Anne Marie Highsmith, Esquire, Members of the Parents Bar, Dependency Court, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, Florida; Honorable Scott M. Kenney, Circuit Judge, Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, Fort Pierce, Florida; Honorable George S. Reynolds, III, Circuit Judge, Second Judicial Circuit, Quincy, Florida, Honorable Nikki Ann Clark, Circuit Judge, Second Judicial Circuit, Honorable Thomas H. Bateman, Circuit Judge, Second Judicial Circuit, Honorable Jonathan Sjostrom, Circuit Judge, Second Judicial Circuit, Honorable Janet E. Ferris, Circuit Judge, Second Judicial Circuit, Honorable P. Kevin Davey, Circuit Judge, Second Judicial Circuit, Honorable Kathleen Dekker, Circuit Judge, Second Judicial Circuit, Honorable John E. Crusoe, Circuit Judge, Second Judicial Circuit, Honorable James C. Hankinson, Circuit Judge, Second Judicial Circuit, Honorable John C. Cooper, Circuit Judge, Second Judicial Circuit, Honorable Angela C. Dempsey, Circuit Judge, Second Judicial Circuit, and Honorable Terry P. Lewis, Circuit Judge, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, Florida; Honorable Thomas W. Lager, Magistrate, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, Florida; Beth Englander, Director, Office of Family Safety, Department of Children and Families; and Dennis Moore, General Counsel, Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee, Florida, Opponents, responding with comments.