In Re Amendments to Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.420

We have for consideration amendments to Rule of Judicial Administration 2.420" (Public Access to Judicial Branch Records). We have jurisdiction 1 and amend the rule as suggested by the Florida Courts Technology Commission’s Subcommittee on Access to Court Records (Access Subcommittee) to include presentence investigation reports and attached psychological and psychiatric evaluations as an additional category of records that the clerk must automatically maintain as confidential pursuant to rule 2.420(d)(1)(B) of the Rules of Judicial Administration. A party seeking to maintain as confidential…