In re Petition for Approval of Forms Pursuant to Rule 101.1(b) of the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar

The Board of Governors of The Florida Bar petitions us for approval of forms under Rule Regulating The Florida Bar 10-1.1(b). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const. The forms deal with stepparent adoptions and we approve them.

Rule 10-1.1(b) permits “nonlawyers to engage in limited oral communications to assist a person in the completion of a legal form approved by the Supreme Court of Florida.” Under the rule, oral communications between the nonlawyer and the individual being assisted are restricted to “those communications reasonably necessary to elicit factual information to…