Amendments to the Florida Rules of Judicial Administration

We have for review the petition of the Florida Bar’s Rules of Judicial Administration Committee (the Committee) to consider amendments to the Florida Rules of Court. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const. We adopt in part and reject in part the Committee’s recommendations.

The proposed rule amendments in this case constitute the quadrennial amendments to the Florida Rules of Judicial Administration. The Committee has proposed sixteen substantive changes, which affect ten of the rules. In summary, the proposed amendments are as follows:(1) RULE 2.030 — would add a new subsection to…