IN RE AMEND. TO FL. RULES OF CIVIL PROC.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judge Rodney Smith , Chair, Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution Rules and Policy, Miami, FL; Judge William David Palmer , Past Chair, Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution Rules and Policy, Daytona Beach, FL; and Susan Carolyn Marvin , Senior Staff Attorney, Dispute Resolution Center, Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioner.

Robert Joseph Merlin of Robert J. Merlin, P.A., Coral Gables, FL; Chief Judge James T. McGrady, III , Sixth Judicial Circuit, Clearwater, FL; Michael L. Emge , Senior Staff Attorney, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Saint Petersburg, FL; Gregory Firestone , Ph.D., Director of Conflict Resolution Collaborative, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL; Charles Cole Jeffries, Jr. , Chair, Family Law Rules Committee, Tampa, FL; Elizabeth Ann Blackburn , Past Chair, Family Law Rules Committee, Daytona Beach, FL; John F. Harkness, Jr. , Executive Director, Ellen H. Sloyer , Senior Rules Liaison, and Gregory A. Zhelesnik , Bar Staff Liaison, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, FL; Judge Jacqueline Hogan Scola , Chair, Civil Procedure Rules Committee, Miami, FL; Kevin Bayly Cook , Past Chair, Civil Procedure Rules Committee, Roger Towers, P.A., Ponte Vedra Beach, FL; Chief Judge Robert E. Roundtree, Jr. and Bridget Longridge Baker , Family Court Manager, Eighth Judicial Circuit, Gainesville, FL; Michael H. Lax , Chair, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section of The Florida Bar, Michael H. Lax, P.A., Miami, FL; David Robert Hoyle , Vice-Chair, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section of The Florida Bar, D. Robert Hoyle, P.A., Bradenton, FL; and Gregory Pierce Brown of Hill Ward Henderson, Tampa, FL, Responding with Comments.