In re Amendments to the Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure

Summary

The Florida Supreme Court adopts amendments to seven Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure forms concerning nonlawyer assistance, e-mail service information, and related family-law procedures. The amendments became effective immediately upon release of the opinion, with a sixty-day period provided for comments.

Holdings

1. The Court adopted amendments to Forms 12.900(a), 12.901(a), 12.902(f)(3), 12.913(b), 12.913(c), 12.930(d), and 12.984.
2. The amendments became effective immediately upon release of the opinion, while interested persons were given sixty days from the opinion date to file comments.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the Supreme Court of Florida should adopt the proposed amendments to seven Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure forms.
2. Whether the amendments should become effective immediately despite not having been published for comment before adoption.

Disposition

approved