IN RE AMENDMENTS TO RULES OF JUDICIAL ADMIN.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judge Richard Allen Nielsen , Chair, Rules of Civil Procedure Committee, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Tampa, FL, and Kevin D. Johnson , Past Chair, Thompson, Sizemore, Gonzalez and Hearing, P.A., Tampa, FL; Alexandra V. Rieman , Chair, Judicial Administration Rules Committee, Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Keith H. Park , Past Chair, West Palm Beach, FL, and Katherine E. Giddings , Past Chair, Akerman Senterfitt, Tallahassee, FL; Mark Caliel , Chair, Criminal Procedure Committee, Office of the State Attorney, Jacksonville, FL, and Donald E. Scaglione , Past Chair, Brooksville, FL; James Raymond George , Chair, Probate Rules Committee, of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, FL, and Tasha K. Peeper-Dickinson , Past Chair, Jones, Foster, Johnston and Stubbs, P.A., West Palm Beach, FL; David Haenel , Chair, Traffic Court Rules Committee of Finebloom and Haenel, Sarasota, FL, and Jill M. Hampton , Past Chair, Orlando, FL; Judge Daniel Dawson , Chair, Juvenile Procedure Committee, Ninth Judicial Circuit, Orlando, FL, Joel M. Silvershein , Past Chair, Office of State Attorney, Fort Lauderdale, FL; Michael Robert Ufferman , Chair, Appellate Procedure Rules Committee of Ufferman Law Firm, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, and Jamie B. Moses , Past Chair, Fisher, Rushmer, et al., Orlando, FL; Matthew Burns Capstrraw , Chair, Family Law Rules Committee of Norman D. Levin, P.A., Longwood, FL and Ashley McCorvey Myers , Past Chair, McCorvey and Myers, Jacksonville, FL; Judge Kevin M. Emas , Chair, Criminal Court Steering Committee, Third District Court of Appeal, Miami, FL; and John F. Harkness, Jr. , Executive Director, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioners.

Patrick S. Scott of GrayRobinson, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Responding with comments.