Amendments to the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure
In the July 15, 2009, issue of the Bar News, The Civil Procedure Rules Committee invited comments on the proposed three-year-cycle amendments to the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure. After consideration of comments received, the proposals to the rules listed below have been amended or withdrawn. The full text of the proposals can be found at the Bar’s web site at www.floridabar.org. The proposed amendments will be filed with the court by February 1, 2010. Any person wishing to comment should submit written comments to the Supreme Court pursuant to Fla.R.Jud.Admin. 2.140(b)(6). Mark Romance, Chair, Civil Procedure Rules Committee, mromance@richmangreer.com.
| RULE | COMMITTEE
VOTE | REASONS FOR CHANGE |
| 1.285 | (e) 28-1
(c) | The proposed changes to this new rule are amended to re-word subdivision (e) for clarification. The original use of the terms “any final order” and “dispose of” were ambiguous, and the new language clarifies what is to be done with privileged material. The last 2 sentences of subdivision (c) are re-worded to improve the language. |