Amendment to Rules Regulating the Florida Bar

Over fifty members of The Florida Bar, who are also members of the Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Attorneys, petition this Court to adopt a proposed rule of professional conduct. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 15, Fla. Const.; R.Reg.Fla.Bar. 1 — 12.1(f).

Proposed rule 4-1.18 would govern the conduct of attorneys in “family law matters.”1 According to the petitioners, the proposed rule is designed to inform family law clients and lawyers of their respective rights and responsibilities and to set standards of conduct for attorneys to prevent *1247potential abuses of the…