Amendments to the Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure

The 1999 Florida Legislature enacted several pieces of legislation (specifically, Chapters 99-168 and 99-193, Laws of Florida), effective July 1, 1999, that affect proceedings relating to children under chapter 39 of the Florida Statutes. Insofar as this new legislation impacts the Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure (“the Juvenile Rules”), we sua sponte adopt on an emergency basis the attached amendments to the Juvenile Rules in an effort to ensure consistency between the Juvenile Rules and Chapter 39 of the Florida Statutes when the new legislation takes effect on July 1. We have…