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Civil Procedure Rules Committee out of cycle amendments

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Civil Procedure Rules Committee out of cycle amendments

The Civil Procedure Rules Committee invites comment on proposed out-of-cycle amendments to the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure. The full text of the proposals can be found on The Florida Bar’s website at www.floridabar.org.

Interested persons have until May 15, 2017 to submit comments electronically to the Chair of the Civil Procedure Rules Committee, Roger Haughey, II, at [email protected] and to the Bar staff liaison, Mikalla Davis, at [email protected].

RULE/FORM
VOTE EXPLANATION
1.570 26-0-0 Adds subdivision (e) in light of legislative changes to sections 56.29, 56.0101 and 56.60, Florida Statutes, regarding proceedings supplementary.
The rule amendment reflects the mandatory requirement of serving a notice to appear and that the holder of an unsatisfied judgment or lien is entitled to related discovery.
1.914 26-0-0 Adds two additional forms.
The original form 1.914 is labeled as 1.914(a).
Form 1.914(b) is a new form that addresses the mandatory requirement of a notice to appear for proceedings supplementary pursuant to section 56.29, Florida Statutes.
Form 1.914(c) is a new form for a response to the notice to appear in proceedings supplementary.

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