FLORIDA RULES OF COURT PROCEDURE

• Proposed Court Rule Amendments
• Opinions

APPELLATE PROCEDURE (94 pg. PDF)

CIVIL PROCEDURE (149 pg. PDF)

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (260 pg. PDF)
Contains Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure Forms 3.988 , 3.990, 3.991 and 3.992.

FAMILY LAW RULES OF PROCEDURE (872 pg. PDF)
Family law forms are available on The Florida State Court Web site under the Self-Help Center http://www.flcourts.org/ .

JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION (96 pg. PDF)

JUVENILE PROCEDURE (184 pg. PDF)

PROBATE RULES (520 pg. PDF)

SMALL CLAIMS RULES (32 pg. PDF)

TRAFFIC COURT (30 pg. PDF)

WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROCEDURE RULES have been repealed.
See Amendments to the Florida Rules of Workers' Compensation Procedure, 891 So.2d 474 (Fla. 2004).

JUVENILE COURT RULES COMMITTEE OUT-OF-CYCLE AMENDMENT

The Juvenile Court Rules Committee invites comment on a proposed out-of-cycle amendment to the Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure shown below. The full text of the proposal can be found here. Interested persons have until, March 15, 2010, to submit comments electronically to Charles H. Davis, Chair, Juvenile Court Rules Committee, at charlesd@coj.net, with a copy to the committee’s staff liaison at esloyer@flabar.org.

CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES COMMITTEE

In the July 15, 2009, issue of the Bar News, the Civil Procedure Rules Committee invited comments on the proposed 3-year-cycle amendments to the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure. After consideration of comments received, changes were made to proposed new rule 1.285. A brief explanation and the full text of the proposal can be found here. The 3-year-cycle report containing 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 after February 1, 2010, pursuant to Fla.R.Jud.Admin. 2.140(b)(6).

Opinion Released Sept. 10, 2009
SC08-1660 – In Re:  Amendments To Florida Family Law Rules

Opinion Released Sept. 3, 2009
SC08-1660 - In re: Amendments to the Florida Family Law Rules

Opinion Released Aug. 27, 2009
SC08-2163 - In re: Amendments to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.111

Opinions Released July 16, 2009
SC08-1658 – In Re:  Amendments To The Florida Rules of Judicial Administration And The Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure – Implementation of Commission on Trial Court Performance And Accountability Recommendations
SC09-1053 – In Re:  Amendments To Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.992(A) – Criminal Punishment Code Scoresheet

Opinions Released July 9, 2009
OP-SC09-946 – In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases - Report No. 2009-03
OP-SC08-998 – In Re: Florida Rules of Civil Procedure for Involuntary Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators

Opinions Released June 4, 2009
OP-SC08-1141 – In Re: Amendments To The Florida Rules Of Civil Procedure – Management Of Cases Involving Complex Litigation. – Correction Notice
OP-SC08-1141 – In Re: Amendments To The Florida Rules Of Civil Procedure – Management Of Cases Involving Complex Litigation. – Corrected Opinion

Opinions Released May 28, 2009
SC08-1141 – In Re: Amendments To The Florida Rules of Civil Procedure – Management of Cases Involving Complex Litigation
SC08-1934 – In Re: Amendments To Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.130