In Re Amendments to the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure

In case number SC09-1460, the Task Force on Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Cases has proposed an amendment to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.110 (General Rules of Pleading) and two new Forms for Use with Rules of Civil Procedure. In case number SC09-1579, the Civil Procedure Rules Committee has proposed amendments to form 1.996 (Final Judgment of Foreclosure) of the Forms for Use with Rules of Civil Procedure. We have consolidated these eases for the purposes of this opinion. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const.

Case No. SC09-1460

By administrative order on March 27, 2009,…