IN RE AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULES OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judson Lee Cohen , Chair, Rules of Judicial Administration Committee, Weinstein & Cohen, P.A., Miami Lakes, Florida, Judge Steven Scott Stephens , Past Chair, Rules of Judicial Administration Committee, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court, Tampa, Florida, and Amy Singer Borman , Past Chair, Rules of Judicial Administration Committee, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court, West Palm Beach, Florida; Landis Vernon Curry III , Chair, Appellate Court Rules Committee, Hill, Ward & Henderson, Tampa, Florida, Kristin A. Norse , Past Chair, Appellate Court Rules Committee, Kynes, Markman & Felman, P.A., Tampa, Florida, and Judge T. Kent Wetherell, II , Past Chair, Appellate Court Rules Committee, First District Court of Appeal, Tallahassee, Florida; Judge Jon Berkley Morgan , Chair, Criminal Procedure Rules Committee, Kissimmee, Florida, H. Scott Fingerhut , Past Chair, Criminal Procedure Rules Committee, H. Scott Fingerhut, P.A., Miami, Florida, and Meredith Charbula , Past Chair, Criminal Procedure Rules Committee, Fourth Judicial Circuit State Attorney's Office, Jacksonville, Florida; and John F. Harkness, Jr. , Executive Director, Heather Savage Telfer , and Krys Godwin , Staff Liaisons , The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Florida, for Petitioner.

Alan Abramowitz , Executive Director, Dennis W. Moore , General Counsel, Camille A. Frazer , Regional Counsel, and Thomasina Moore , Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee, Florida; David Margolis , General Counsel, Nicholas A. Shannin , Former General Counsel, and Tiffany Moore Russell , Clerk of Courts in and for Orange County, Orlando, Florida; Kara Ann Felton , Chair, Juvenile Court Rules Committee, Tallahassee, Florida, and Ward Lee Metzger , Past Chair, Juvenile Court Rules Committee, Jacksonville, Florida; and Mikalla Andies Davis , Staff Liaison , The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Florida, Responding with comments.