IN RE AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULES

No. SC21-990.

346 So.3d 1105 (2022)

IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, FLORIDA RULES OF GENERAL PRACTICE AND JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION, FLORIDA RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, FLORIDA PROBATE RULES, FLORIDA RULES OF TRAFFIC COURT, FLORIDA SMALL CLAIMS RULES, AND FLORIDA RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 14, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judge Lisa T. Munyon , Chair, Workgroup on the Continuity of Court Operations, Orlando, Florida, and Kristina D. White , Chief of Innovations & Outreach Unit, Office of the State Courts Administrator, Tallahassee, Florida, for Petitioner.

Gabrielle Walthers , Clearwater, Florida; Armelle Keppler , Clearwater, Florida; Mark Ferguson , Clearwater, Florida; Patti Thompson , Clearwater, Florida; Art Neumann , Clearwater, Florida; Timothy Carleton , Clearwater, Florida; Betty L. Carleton , Clearwater, Florida; LaVonna Bledsoe , Belleair Bluffs, Florida; LaFonda Gorham , Clearwater, Florida; Barbara Benton , Clearwater, Florida; Janie Gibson , Clearwater, Florida; John P. Reed , Clearwater, Florida; Carlos Lores , Clearwater, Florida; Claire Coziahr , Clearwater, Florida; Santiago F. Lampón , Clearwater, Florida; Barry Coziahr , Clearwater, Florida; Mickey Pearson , Clearwater, Florida; Kathy Wach , Largo, Florida; Don Meuse , Palm Harbor, Florida; Steven L. Sherman , Clearwater, Florida; Gordon Baird , Clearwater, Florida; Diane Stein , on behalf of Citizens Commission on Human Rights of Florida, Clearwater, Florida; Maryann Ortenzio , Clearwater, Florida; Pam van der Linde , Clearwater, Florida; Barry Jaye , Clearwater, Florida; Ellen Stevenson , Dunedin, Florida; Patrice DiMartino , Clearwater, Florida; Eileen A. Heishman , Largo, Florida; Debra Witter , Dunedin, Florida; Brent Wolfson , Clearwater, Florida; Travis Stracener , Clearwater, Florida; Maurine Stracener , Clearwater, Florida; Colleen Stracener , Clearwater, Florida; Denise Weiss , Clearwater, Florida; Valorie Vogel , Homosassa, Florida; Colby Stracener , Clearwater, Florida; Joy Gendusa , on behalf of PostcardMania, Clearwater, Florida; Catherine Neumann , Clearwater, Florida; Jane L. Dodson , Clearwater, Florida; Don Strom , Clearwater, Florida; Sam Gendusa , Clearwater, Florida; Maggie Ramler , Clearwater, Florida; Bonnie DiMartino , Clearwater, Florida; Louise and Gregg Forscher , Dunedin, Florida; Janet Nelson , Largo, Florida; Terry Garcia , Clearwater, Florida; Armelle Keppler , Clearwater, Florida; Judi Blum , Clearwater, Florida; Michael Simmons , Tampa, Florida; James Makan , Clearwater, Florida; Jacinthe Daigle , Clearwater, Florida; James Monroe Justice , Clearwater, Florida; Nicky Baker , Clearwater, Florida; Patrick Balvin , Clearwater, Florida; Douglas L. Wilson of The Wilson Law Firm, Naples, Florida; Judith Reed , Largo, Florida; Milton James , Clearwater, Florida; Janet K. Stephens , Clearwater, Florida; John Pison , Clearwater, Florida; Nathalie Ohana , Clearwater, Florida; Simon M. Harrison , Fort Myers, Florida; Carol A. Fischer , Clearwater, Florida; Jo Fuller , Clearwater, Florida; Kendra Copelan , Clearwater, Florida; Darlene Schneider , Clearwater, Florida; Kathy Sweigart , Florida; Joel Anderson , Clearwater, Florida; Victoria Silver , Clearwater, Florida; Larry Silver , Clearwater, Florida; Jennifer L. Welton , Palm Harbor, Florida; Annette Welton , Palm Harbor, Florida; William R. Welton , Palm Harbor, Florida; Alvan Balent, Jr. , Miami, Florida; A. Michelle Jernigan of Upchurch Watson White & Max, Maitland, Florida; Sabrina Puglisi , on behalf of the Miami-Dade Bar, Miami, Florida; Lance V. Curry III , Chair, Civil Procedure Rules Committee, Tampa, Florida, and Jason P. Stearns , Past Chair, Civil Procedure Rules Committee, Tampa, Florida; Stephanie C. Zimmerman , Chair, Juvenile Court Rules Committee, Bradenton, Florida, and Candice K. Brower , Past Chair, Juvenile Court Rules Committee, Gainesville, Florida; A.J. Decker IV , Chair, Traffic Court Rules Committee, Lake City, Florida, and Carter T. Hillstrom , Past Chair, Traffic Court Rules Committee, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Hon. Andrew D. Manko , Chair, Appellate Court Rules Committee, Tallahassee, Florida, and Laura A. Roe , Past Chair, Appellate Court Rules Committee, St. Petersburg, Florida; James Grier Pressly III , Co-Chair, Florida Probate Rules Committee, Palm Beach, Florida, Stacy B. Rubel , Co-Chair, Florida Probate Rules Committee, Coral Gables, Florida, and Cady L. Huss , Past Chair, Florida Probate Rules Committee, Sarasota, Florida; Cynthia Cohen , Chair, Criminal Procedure Rules Committee, West Palm Beach, Florida, and Alan Scott Apte , Past Chair, Criminal Procedure Rules Committee, Orlando, Florida; Cristen H. Martinez , Chair, Small Claims Rules Committee, Lutz, Florida, and Kevin McKinley Stone , Past Chair, Small Claims Rules Committee, Mount Dora, Florida; Hon Stephen R. Jewett , Chair, Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration Committee, Orlando, Florida, and Stanford R. Solomon , Past Chair, Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration Committee, Tampa, Florida; Patrick Russell, Chair , Alternative Dispute Resolution Section of The Florida Bar, Miami, Florida; Jason B. Blank , Chair, Criminal Law Section of The Florida Bar, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Michael Ufferman , Chair, Comments Committee, Criminal Law Section of The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Florida; Gary S. Lesser , President, The Florida Bar, Jacksonville, Florida, Michael G. Tanner , Past President, Jacksonville, Florida, Joshua E. Doyle , Executive Director, The Florida Bar, Krys Godwin and Mikalla Andies Davis , Bar Liaisons, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Florida; Judge Michael S. Orfinger , Chair, Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution Rules and Policy, Daytona Beach, Florida, and Thomas A. David , Chief, Dispute Resolution Center, Tallahassee, Florida; Robert Wayne Evans of Allen, Norton & Blue, on behalf of Florida Sheriffs Association, Tallahassee, Florida; Katherine Alteneder on behalf of Self-Represented Litigation Network, Washington, District of Columbia; Peter Sleasman of Disability Rights Florida, Gainesville, Florida, Ann Siegel of Disability Rights Florida, Hollywood, Florida, Anthony DePalma of Disability Rights Florida, Tallahassee, Florida, Caitlyn Clibbon of Disability Rights Florida, Tallahassee, Florida, and Kathryn Strobach of Disability Rights Florida, Hollywood, Florida; Connie Bookman and Dominic C. MacKenzie on behalf of The Florida Bar Foundation, Maitland, Florida; Robert Wesley , Public Defender, David L. Redfearn , Catherine Conlon, and Robert T. Adams IV , Assistant Public Defenders, Ninth Judicial Circuit, Orlando, Florida; Christopher Buerger on behalf of National Legal Aid & Defender Association, Washington, District of Columbia; Howard L. Dimmig II , Carlos J. Martinez , and John Eddy Morrison , on behalf of Florida Public Defender Association, Inc., Miami, Florida; Meah R. Tell , Tamarac, Florida; Kelly R. Melchiondo , on behalf of Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP, Miami, Florida; Anthony C. Musto , on behalf of Florida Civil Legal Aid Association, Hallandale Beach, Florida, Monica Vigues-Pitan , and Leslie N. Powell , on behalf of Florida Civil Legal Aid Association, Miami, Florida; Martha Lenderman , Dunedin, Florida; Siobhan H. Shea of Sheappeals PLLC, Palm Beach, Florida, and Susan Stefan , Rutland, Massachusetts, Responding with comments.


This matter is before the Court for consideration of proposed amendments to the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, the Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration, the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure, the Florida Probate Rules, the Florida Rules of Traffic Court, the Florida Small Claims Rules, and the Florida Rules of...

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