IN RE AMENDMENTS TO RULES OF JUV. 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, Ellen H. Sloyer, Bar Liaison, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Florida, for Petitioner.

Karen Gievers, Children's Advocacy Foundation, Tallahassee, Florida; Bernard P. Perlmutter, University of Miami School of Law Children and Youth Law Clinic, Coral Gables, Florida; John J. Copelan, Jr., General Counsel, Peggy Sanford, Deputy General Counsel, and Rebecca Kapusta, Assistant General Counsel, the Florida Department of Children and Families, Tallahassee, Florida; Dennis W. Moore, General Counsel, Statewide Guardian ad Litem Program, Tallahassee, Florida; and Robert S. Jacobs, Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities, Inc., Tampa, Florida, and Sylvia W. Smith, Advocacy Center for Person with Disabilities, Inc., Tallahassee, Florida, Responding with comments.