In re: Amendments to Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure 9.120 and 9.210

Summary

The Supreme Court of Florida adopted amendments to Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure 9.120 and 9.210 concerning the identification and briefing of additional issues on review or cross-review. The amendments eliminated the notice-of-cross-review requirement, added jurisdictional-brief disclosure requirements, and took effect on January 1, 2021.

Holdings

1. The Court adopted the amendments to rules 9.120 and 9.210 as proposed by the Appellate Court Rules Committee.
2. The notice-of-cross-review requirement was eliminated. A party intending to raise issues in the Florida Supreme Court independent of those on which jurisdiction is based must identify those issues in the statement-of-issues section of the party's brief on jurisdiction.
3. The amendments to Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure 9.120 and 9.210 become effective on January 1, 2021, at 12:01 a.m.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the Florida Supreme Court should adopt the Committee's supplemental amendments to Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure 9.120 and 9.210.
2. Whether the notice-of-cross-review procedure should be eliminated and replaced with a requirement that independent review or cross-review issues be identified in the parties' jurisdictional briefs.
3. What related amendments should govern cross-reply briefs, jurisdictional-brief contents, and briefing page limits.

Disposition

approved